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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
NCIOTS InLENESS.

A tragic commentary upon the fast
life led by some of the "gilded youth
Of the big cities is contained in the
cablegram from Monte Carlo of the
suicide of the wealthy Partisan, bare
ly twenty years of age, who was driven
to destruction because of sheer
boredom.
There is reasonable ground for doubt
that the removal of such dissipated
characters is really a loss to society or
to the world at large, but such deplor-
able incidents certainly constitute an
indictment against the parents of the
rich youths who permit their offspring
to live a life of idleness and go the
pace that kills.
Whoever heard of the strong. healthy
boy, blessed with useful employment,
no matter what might be his indul-
gences, taking his own life merely to
escape from the monotony of existence
This is such a big world and there Is
so much in it to see and do, that it is
difficult to imagine that anyone, in the
short space of twenty years, could
this mortal coil.
There is something distinctly vicious
in idleness. and when it is aided and
environment for degrading indulgences
the chances against escape from dis
grace and infamy in the case of a
young man are decidedly remote Rich
parents, or parents of any other class,
who permit their children to grow up
without some useful employment are
committing grave crimes against their
children and against society as well.
There is no place among either rich
or poor for sheer boredom" in this old
world with all its noble opportunities,
wholesome pleasures and inspiring
beauty. and most deplorable is such an
attitude toward life when exhibited by
persons who have the means to enable
them the more easily to enjoy the
blessings at hand.
Thankful should be the youth of To-
peka and other of the smaller cities
that have work to do and no reason to
complain of dull monotony because of
over-indulgence in the vices of the
great cities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Ex-President Roosevelt is showing
an inclination to let politics alone. lie
has earned a rest.
X
The legislators are at disadvant-
age. No matter what they think or
Governor Stubs vetoes they are pow
erlesS to help themselves.
n @E
1t was great joke the Kansas
weather played on the grounding this
year.
y
If you haven't planted your sweet
peas YOU are too late and might as
well wait until next year.
X 4 e
Del Travis probably isn't worried
over the failure of the legislature to
appropriate funds to pay the state fish
commissioner. He doesn't need the
money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

Down in Fraunces' tavern in Broad
street, where a highball was served by
a British gunner in 1875, seriously af-
fecting the roof, the birthday of WASH
ington was celebrated yesterday by the
Sons of Oriskany, a body of men dat
ing nominally from the sandstone per-
iod and the borders of the old Silurian
ocean, which went considerably farther
upstate than the Atlantic has been
able to do.
In response to the invitation of Presi-
dent Samuel Campbell, Edgar C. Leon
ard, of the Sons of the Revolution of
Albany, who have recently erected a
powder IN the Mohawk valley in mem
DRY of Marinus Willett's services in the
Revolution and in connection with the
battle of OriSkany, told the diners some
thing about what Willett had done He
said also that Albanians would be oblig-
ed to give up their idea that they had
the remains of Lord Howe buried un-
der St. Peters church there for Lord
Howe's grave had been found in the
course of recent excavations at Ticon-
deroga, 6 feet below the surface tomb
stone and all. Mr.. Leonard reminded
his hearers that they should remember
to be proud of the fact that the Amer
lean flag as it was first hoisted a Fort
Stanwfx was made of a captured blue
coat and an old red petticoat and that
the Mohawk valley was known as the
Dark and Bloody Ground before Ken
lucky borrowed InaC designation.
And remember said he, that
Marinus Willett, who died in 1890 at
the age of 80, and who had been MAYOR
of New York as we'll as had his grand
father, was able to deliver a fine ad-
dress Of patriotism in the war of 1872.
which he closed with a Representation
of the old colonial Revolutionary toast,
May every citizen be a soldier and
every soldier becomes a citizen adding.
1T is now the time again for all citizens
RI bep007o soldiers
One diner. Mr.. Boyer. called uuex-
pectedly to his feet. said that all he
knew of the battle of Oriskany was lit
! tie. His family. he said, had SO far
as he knew, always gone quietly about
its business until a lawyer had dis
covered himself and started trouble
Old John Boyer, from whom the Oris-
kanians had informed him that he was
descended, was a peaceful resident of
the Mohawk valley who, having some
produce to sell. hitched up his team
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
DUTY ON LUMBER.

The dispatches are authority for the
statement that the tariff on lumber is
to be reduced to one-half of the pres
ent schedule. To the average layman a
tariff on lumber is so completely use
less and such a manifest tax on the
people in the interest of the lumber
trust that it will be a strange thing if d
sufficient number Of congressman can
be gotten to vote for it. The lumber
manufacturers are authority for the
belief that lumber in this country is
fast disappearing. The high prices of
the past few years are justified be-
cause of the growing scarcity. If that
is true why place a duty on lumber in
stead of doing all possible to conserve
the present national supply? With the
tariff taken off even the advocates Of
the duty profess to believe that there
will be a, larger tManortation OF lumber
from Canada than at present That is
exactly what the people want and con-
gressmen who vote for a tariff on Ium-
Der Will have that vote rise up to
plague them in the next campaign
lola Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
Crazx Cow a Suicide.

A long horned COW belonging to
Edward La CURE. a dairyman, of
Northwest, a hamlet near Sag Harbor,
Long Island, suddenly went crazy on
Tuesday evening and killed five other
cows before committing suicide. The
crazed cow broke loose from her stall
and attacked the others. goring them
until they died. The noise attracted
the dafryman and his workmen, but she
turned upon them when they tried
to drive her off
Fearing she might succeed in killing
all his cows. La CURE started for the
house on a run to fetch his gun. Be-
fore he could return she had commit
ted suicide by butting her head against
an upright beam. A veterinarian be-
lieves she must have suffered from
rabies-NeW York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
Harvesting the Ocean.

Maine coast towns are watching
with interest the recent development
of the wave motor. One. said to be in
operation near Santa Cruz, Cal, is used
for pumping, the power being derived
from the lift of the waves by means of
floats. The other is at Atlantlc CITY
Here the turbine principle is applied,
and sufffcient power obtained to light
the long pier, at the end of which the
mechanism is located. These two ma
chimes suggest how the motion of the
waves may be utilized as source OF
,,oyer where not a great deal of it is
needed The waves, however, can new
er rival the tides, with their limitless
mower, which is waiting to be utilized
in some practical way Inc great
tri11 he ssed.-Lewiston Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

IF.
4 &. men were only handsomer,
she Lne little tile. maiden Ia sighed.
sxo nds , soon Ia say: Take me away
Il l., men Were. only cleverer,',
The older maiden said
take chance with word and glance
And mayhap would we'd
II men were only wealthier."
,.- ne Duxom widow breathed
might incline a vow to sign
win brow all orange wreathed."
II men were only easier''
The ancient spinster went
set my cap for any chap
And wed him. ere I slept
No.. k New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
KANSAS COMAEVT
"PoUNDs IS POUNDS.

The passage of the new weights and
measures law. whose provisions were
discussed in the Herald's news col
umns yesterday, and the addition OF
this law to the responsibilities of the
health department of the state is an
other mighty strong move, says the
Ottawa Herald. to enforce the funda-
mentals of common honesty and fair
ness in the beginning of social rela-
tions.
The new law adds to the accepted
theory, that a pound in trade is a
pound in fact, the legal provision that
it must be a pound and that on the
occasions where it isn't a pound the
man who has failed to make it so shall
learn honesty in the school of disci-
pline maintained for the grafters who
rob by other methods. The new law
is fitting and useful companion for
the statute which declares that vine
gar must be vinegar, and that sugar
may not be sand and glucose in dis
guise.
Like most other laws regulating
honesty and the rights of property the
power of the new statute will come
from the force of the declaration that
short weight is thievery instead of
smartness, rather than by the few fines
and 1mprisonments which will result
under the enforcement of the law.
Until legislation in the last few years
took this turn, the consumer has had
no protection against the polite graft
er in factories and behind counters,
who counted that day lost whose low
descending sun did not witness some
cheap adulterant passed along as real
food supply, or some smart twist of
the weighing device turning out a
short measure and therefore adding to
the margin of profit. The honest deal
Grand 1t may be supposed that he
was largely in the majority-has had
no protection from the handicap which
the rascally competitor imposed upon
him by selling short pound a
cheap1y padded package at a little
cheaper rate than the honest article
had to command. The honest dealer
has needed the new law quite as much
as the dishonest dealer has, for clear
ing the field of cut-throat competi-
ton.
The past record Of the health de-
partment offers the hope that the new
law will be rigidly enforced. Added
to its penalties there should be a pub
lie rating to place the man who sells
short weight and filthy, poisonous fill
ings on the same social plane with the
man who picks pockets and robs
houses.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15


forbidden fruit. Johnnie Johnnie
(confidently)-He had to marry Eve.
Life.
The Professor-Of course, you
wan tyour daughter to take private
lessons? Mrs. Neurich-Of course L
don't want anything of the kind. L
want her to go in a class so she can
learn classical music.--Chicago Daily
News.
First American Financier-I have
no patience with the people who go
to Monte Carlo and drop all their
money. Second Ditto-Neither have
I. Why can't they patronize home
Industries and drop 1t in Wall street?
Philadelphia Record.
Nerve.-Heiress- Count states
in his mad love letter that he will call
and ends up by saying: Il beg to re-
main forever. Count Kickoff" 1rate
Father-Remain forever? What does
he think this is-a charity hotel?-
Chicago Daily News.
Farmer Ito lad put to blowing the
first time)-What on earth be at,
rnesstn' about all over the place like
this? Farm Lad 'Wull. you told
to loo kat summat an go straight to
it, an I bin tryin' to foller THO ther
COW till L be tied, an now be waiting
for 'er to lie down"!-Punch.
"How dare you'll" exclaims the
angry composer to his critic. How
dare YOU, sir, characterize my music
as YOU have ?'' at don't understand
Won" demurs the critic. You said
that my rhapsody impromptu was =
hum trnel'' Bum tune! oh, my
good friend, 1 said no such thing!
said it was vagrant melody. Judge.
Admitting Friend--And do you write
those lovely verses whenever tnas
snlrit moves you? Poet-Nope; wh@l
the landlord threatens to!--Clevelano
Leader.
ssWhv does a romance always end
with the marriage of the happy pair p
because realities confront them
thenceforth. The next question Is
whether to board or keep house.
Louisville Courier-JournaL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

One happy thing the legislature has
done is to create any number of "hon-
CRADLES" in the little country towns
over the state. When a man once &C
quires this distinction he is branded
forever by his fellow citizens" and
the result actually promotes public
w,ride
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

One good thing that the Topeka
council could do is to lower all of the
street lights in the city that were
mounted on 100 foot poles a few years
ago when it was thought that one
lamp would accommodate four or five
corners. AS it Is now the lights are
cut off by the foliage Of the trees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino of the
New York police department was sue
cessful in suppressing the Black
Hand outrages in New York but he
made the mistake of continuing his
campaign across the water He should
have been satisfied with his work in
America and let his foreign country
men alone on their native heath.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

There is reason to believe that there
is something besides Jeffries' hatred of
the negro race behind his Discrimination
to meet Johnson, the champion pugilist,
but If the purse is made large enough
he Will probably overcome his qualms
in this respect as well as his views of
the color line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
A Unique English village.

The little village of Buckland-in-th the
Moor has many claims to distlnction n
It has a population of less than 190'
and entirely belongs to the Rev. W;
court and who has just celebrated his
ro1den wedding by entertaining his
tenents Time was when the big
house was looked upon as comprising
half the population. Buckland Is also
Meme inasmuchs as it has no public
tIaiSaa M noIiceman, no physician, no
t,IaTeI,rnan and no pouper. It is
=, tbe Ashb1rton Church living. and
all old people there are pensloned ps
the estate owner.-London Standard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

physical culturists hard rap when
she says that she has followed no rules
OF living. She has eaten what she liked,
slept when she liked and dressed as she
pleased and is still well and happy after
celebrating her century of existence.
Evidently her advice could be summed
up in two words BE cheerful"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.1

Optimism is the wau you can feel
about a thing that is going TO happen
until it happens.
The relatives a man can stand are
those who hate him so much they won't
come near him.
An easy way for a woman to get
money out of her husband is to tell MIN
how everybody adn1ires how he can at
ford to dress his family so well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The Kansas Magazine is still pub
lished without a series of actresses
photographs on the inside and a beau
tiful girl on the cover. The Kansas
Magazine is undoubtedly a firm believ-
er in reading matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
jam. Not BureIar,s core.

George c. Moore. who lives with his
niece at Bedford Station, said solemnly
TO her Monday morning at breakfast:
We'll, they came last night-three
OF them. It's all very well to lecture
about air and one thing and another;
but when burglars walk in through
the open window
who came last night, uncle ?" she
asked.
Three burglars. I heard their foot
steps. I went down. said Haiti
They wouldn't do it, and so I shot, and
they shot. 1 think I received a slight
flesh wound, but it's no matter. One
OF the burglars was wounded. His
blood, maybe his Iife-blood, is on the
front parlor carpet. AS say, it's all
very well to talk about fresh air and to
have fresh air in the daytime, but
when windows are flung wide OPEN
"Show me the blood, uncle"
Mr.. Moore showed his niece some
dark red spots on the front parlor car
pet. For some reason she did not
seem impressed. He went down to tell
the police about it. Two or three were
sent up to the Moore house to look
around. Mr.. Moore's niece took one
of the policemen aside.
''Those red spots are raspberry
JAM she whispered.
The police could find no marks or
bullets in the house, nor did Mr.. Moore
show any wound. One glass of jam is
thought to be the total loss.-NeW
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The proposed plan to build a beautf-
full drive along the crown of the bikes
on both sides of the Kaw river would
meet with approval from the automo-
bile enthusiast of the city. Topeka
needs a good speedway of some kind
TO accommodate the surplus scorchcing
enthusiasm that at some time or other
attacks an owner of an automobile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

and started to sell what he had to the
army. The commander, however. Sc
questered the whole outfit, and set Jonn
to work, NO doubt usefully. And now.
said the speaker, 1.-The lawyer has come
along and tried to convince us that we
have claim against the United states
government. That's all / know aDour
the battle of Oriskany.'-New York
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The fact that the Missouri Pacific has
changed it's time table in Topeka does
not have any radical effect upon the
busy mind of the travelling public
When the Missouri Pacific gives To-
peka a direct connection with a few
more such metropolitan municipalities
as Overlook, Vassar and Richland
the travelling public Will sit up and take
notice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

pipe dream railroad extension story
in central Kansas has started one of
the biggest intertown rows in the his
tory of the state. Harrington, Clay Cen
ter Concordia and Sa1ina are all fight
ing over a newspaper-madeR Rock Island
nw+ausy0n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The gradual disappearance of the
small one story shacks that have dis
graced Kansas avenue for years is a
good proof of the growth of prosperity
and public pride among the down town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The only difference between the
newspaper that prints complimentary
things about itself and the man who
says complimentary things about him
self is that you pay for one and get
the other free of charge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

One good thing about this time of
year is that a person is not bothered
and lampered by business representa-
tives who insist upon presenting you
with next years calendars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The action of Fire Chief Wilmarth
in demanding the installation of fire
shutters on all buildings with alley or
side wall openings is a move that will
show it's good results some windy day
when q bad fire breaks out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

A good example of the variation of a
mans disposition is the front he pre-
sents on a street car when he goes to
work in the morning and when he
comes home at night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The bill board war started by the
city council seems to have ceased as
quickly as it started
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

Governor Stubs has found thai
Kansas editors are not office seekers
Another one has declined an appoint
1gaeHt,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The arrival of number of new
automobile agencies and garages in
Topeka does not show very good evil
denoe on the part of the citizens of
their patronage to local production.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

A good way to Judge a man is by
the velocity and recklessness with
which he closes a door-there is a diff
ference between the handling OF barn
doors and glass entrances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
HUNOR or THE DAY

Sunday School Teacher-What was
Adams punishment for eating the
forbidden fruit. Johnnie Johnnie
(confidently)-He had to marry Eve.
Life. y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

The New York woman who is hale
aud hearty at 100 years gives the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
FTTLI LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PR~SS

The State Journal "a . member rf ~"
Associated Press and receives the fun daV
telegraph report OF that great news Or
ganfXstfon for the exclusive afternoo-
publication in Topeka
The news is received IN The State Jour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
New Antitoxins Found.

The announcement of the perfecting
of antitoxins for typhoid fever, pneu-
monia, and blood poisoning by DR..
Timothy Leary, head pathologist of
Tufts Medical school, created interest,
not only among the laity. but among
the medical world. If it is successful
in actual practice, the general opinion
is that it will revolutionize the prac-
tice of medicine. While probably a
score of the leading physicians and
pathologists of Boston knew of the
work that had been done at Tufts, to
the rest of the medical world it came
as complete surprise.
The physicians who have been
working with DIR. Leary in perfecting
the antitoxins speak in the highest
terms of the result from the use of
the serum.
The news of the announcement was
expected at Harvard Medical school,
where the pathologists have been
watching the experiments of DR.. I4eary
for nearly a year. So impressed are
the Harvard authorities with the i'm
portance of the results of Tufts ex-
periments and the field that they have
thrown open, that Harvard will estab-
fish a department exclusively for re-
search work of this kind.
The department of pathology of the
Harvard Medical school has an
nounced the establishment of a labor
atory for serum diagnoses under the
direction of DR.. Frederick P. Cay
Boston dispatch to New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
some CONVERSATIONAL.

If it is true that our country suffers
from social injustice and political
wrong, it is also true that in no other
country is the exposure of social in
justice and political wrong so certain;
in no other country is the visitation of
public condemnation so speedy, and in
no other country is opportunity for
correction so entirely in the hands of
those who are wronged. Social in
justice and political wrong are far
worse in Russia than in America; but
in Russia the only remedy is revolu-
ton; in America the remedy is at hand
in free press. a free discussion,
and a free ballot What is distinctive
of democracy is not social injustice
and political wrong: that is common to
all governments. What is distinctive
of democracy is its threefold remedy.
The Outlook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15
At the Majestic

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Saturdays.