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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
CHILDREN's INHERrrANCEs.

In discussing the science of breeding
perfect and the best types of human
individuals. Professor W. I. Thomas,
writing on this subject in the June
American magazine, states that there
is no hope that the Improvement made
in the individual during his life will be
transmitted to his children. He saws:
mo development of the body
through healthful exercise, no i'm
provement in aesthetic taste or moral
feeling, and no skill attained by long
practice will leave a mark on the next
generation. If you cut off the tails of
twenty generations of mice, as Weis-
mann did, there will be never a taiIless
mouse born of them all. If a man is
born with six fingers. it is entirely
probable that his children will have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.J

lFron the New York Press.1
The great tribute to women is how
good they are in spite of men,
MOST OF the wear ana tear of work
on man comes from his going to Il
all frazzled out by his play.
Every outfit that can't pay it's bills
seems TO De apie TO issue receivers
certificates except a big family.
The destiny Of woman, as the world
works 1t out, is to be housekeeper
for her husband, supplicator for her
sons, and a chaperon for her daugh-
tiers.
The sure sign a man is SO old he
ought to be able to know it but doesn,+
is when girls don't think it's any differ.
|ent to kiss him from doing 1t to their
|grandmother's picture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. ]

When you hear that man has erect
ed an enormous building" in a big
town, you are apt to think: How
much money men make in a big town.
But did you ever look up the mort
cages on these big buildings?
There is a very cross girl in Atchi-
son who has a steady, and it is said
that she is about to marry him. Citi-
zens of this town should do something
to save him; she will slap him inside
of a week after they are married.
The women members Of the Lancas-
ter Literary society tried recently TO
introduce this subject for debate:
When is man most worthless?" But
the men sidetracked it, and decided
that a woman was most worthless when
abusing the men, and when entertaining
company.
When we get ready to disappear. we
intend to leave the following marriage
notice on the hook. for the next days
pager: Jimmy Jones and Mamie
Smithers We're married last night, af-
ter a siege of three years and over.
The neighbors brought it about. jones
was poor, and not ready to get mar
RED, but the neighbors said it was
shameful the way he kept going with
the girl, so he married her to stop the
talk. -"
A little girl is always polite to COM
pany; it is born in her. and she in
herited the trait from her mother.
When there is company she will pass
her little sack of candy and insist in
pretty way that all have some, but
when she reaches her sister, note the
change! She will close up the mouth
of the bag and hold it in a way that
says, Now don't you dare take any
| You have had more now than you ever
give me-" The desire to be polite &c
company comes natural: the inclination
! to scrap with a sister over her share
also comes natural We grownups are
| all inclined at times tc be nicer tC
strangers than to our own, and should
be ashamed Of 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
A Long Bamboo.

An Englishman was once rallying
a native of India upon his faculty in
living. The native at once replied,
s'Why, sahib, we are all more or less
liars. in nv country, and if one tells
a story, another Immediately caps it.
There were two young men of my
country who had Boosting match,
and one said, My father is so rich and
has so many horses that his stable is
If such extent as to take a horse II
months to go from one end stall to
the other 'Shabash. brothr, replied
the second boaster. that is very good:
NV father has bamboo so long that
he can sweep the clouds away with
II when thew obscure the sun in har-
vest time Hi. hi! exclaimed the
first. That is very wonderful but.
nrav. brother, where does your faith
er keep such a long bamboo Why,
fathers stable, to be sure It'd
Pits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
MAS MEAN WAY

IA mas no use for suffragettes; he says
that homes the place
Wnere woman has The chance to do most
for the human race.
why should she want to yote?" saws pa
or stand around the polls
And let her children go 10 school with
stockIn'S full of holes?
We got no use for women who get out
and fuss and tear,
forgettln that they've homes to run and
solemn duties there:
HOW many or these sunragettes who say
they'll vote or die
Know how to bake a loaf of bread or
make a decent pie!
Theyd better learn to stitch and hem
and let the vottn' go;
The wife that wants to be a gem amt
- maxim SpeecheS-no,
She's busy where she ought to be, without
no time to CAD,
Content to do the things she knovs,ll
make her loved ones glad"
Ma sat and darned away a while. and
~ tnen she spoke at last:
guess you're right" she said; "at
least, want no vote TO cast
AS long as L can give you joy by humbIy
49, slavin here;
Ill gladly scrub and cook and darn to
make you happy, dear
Then pa got up and walked around and
kicked chair aside.
Z s, there you go again" he said SO
mad ne nearly cried;
nag Just because l can't afford to keen
you like a queen
And stop that oarnin', darn 1t ALL You
just darn to be mean!''
chicago RecOrd- Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
Modern Troglodytes.

One of the strangest Of capital cit
les is that of the troglodytes, or Mat
matas, the cave jewellers of Tunisia,
Africa. 1t contains about 5000 in
habitants, and the principle of its
architecture is to dig into the earth
rather than to build upon it. These
troglodytes are to be found between
the town of Gabes, on the Tunisian
coast, and the sand hills of the Sa-
hara The country is a high. rocky
pleateau barren, sunbaked, and swept
by the simeon. When a Matmata
wants a new dwelling he chooses his
spot traces a circle, and then digs
until he has reached the desired
depth which varies according to the
number of stories he requires.
The rooms consist of caves hollow
ed out in the sides of the circular pit.
the bottom of which forms the patio,
or courtyard, which is the usual fea-
ture of a Moorish house. Besides the
rooms, a passage is also dug, com
municating with the outside world,
and a door is made at the outer end.
The soil, which is a kind of MALE
able clay, is easily cut, and lends it
self we'll to excavation, the roof of
each room requiring no support as
long as it is reached. These under
ground dwellings are not damp.-Ch1-
cago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
HUlNOR OF THE DAY

This is high art. Uncle William" cit
must be. To my certain knowledge, that
feller's voice hit the ceilin' an bounced
back. ATLANTA Constitution.
to+ Ms gg eHeFally speak Of haaes as being
Yet, 1T shouldn't be If we give the devil
his dew."-Kansas City Times
day Ho% dd you kes wai it,
Boston Transcript.
"Archibold saw the doctor yesterday
doctor dor" Made him pay in advance"
Princeton Tiger f' - ~ -''
Wife-The doctor says I must breathe
through my nose. Husband-That is very
good, for then you must keep your mouth
cIosed--Me Blaetter.
Fat And do you ii. think i. there should be
,nWel?, Better make it night. ''-Cleve-
co Artist-Yes, I keep pegging away.
sometimes .s I get discouraged and say to
give up. old man. You can't do worse than
you've done, you know.-Judge.
me to whip your? = dislike sHIe % to Show Uy
favoritisna, father said Clarence You
Herald ii''iii age
MY wife wonders why the papers waste
does she r read " d mere n n6s WR hat
weather probabilities, the bargain prob
abilities, the marriage notices and the
tie or the fall of a dynasty looks plffIins
TO her."-Pittsburg Post.
Mrs. WelIbilt-weIl what do YOU think
OF my masquerade costume? am page
Mr.. Wellbilt-A page! Heavensi You look
more like whole volumei-Scraps.
Johnny-They're maxim shingles out o.
that so much, but If nav ever gets a pair
o cement slippers I'm goin' to run away
Chicago Tribune.
the term, the eternal feminine"? Young
Man With the Bad Eye-Aunt Carry Ma,
tion.-Chicago Tribune.
weddlng trip he had just $2.ss in his
pocket. Polly-The stingy thingi-Puck.
What did she get first when she inner
Ieo ner Dlllon! 'FurS and chauffeurs."
knicker--Did he give his son a college
education? Bocker-Yes, he bought him a
monograph with yell in it.-New York
Sun.
Why doesn't some one invent a new
puzzle? Cheer up; the spring change
Of railway time tables is about due.''@
Il wonder If everybody will have what
he wants 100 years from now" IT doiiht
IL me men will then probably be agitat.
Journal 1SA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

A washington correspondent of
the Chicago Record-Herald gives pub
licity to rumors going around the
nations capital to the effect that
plot exists to put back all objection
able high duties when the tariff bill
reaches the conference committee.
There would be nothing very surpris-
ing in the fact if these rumors proved
RI ba trT1e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

1t appears that the much-maligned
germs have a friend in need. The
Osteopaths are not sure that they
cause disease. But this probably
won't put stop to the warfare that
other physicians and scientists are
waging against them. Maybe the
Osteopaths have in mind the good
germs of which there are a few
recognized as such.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

AS has been the case for some years
hack the Kansas farmers will con-
tinue this season to reap rich rewards
Flour mills throughout the state are
now contracting with them for their
1903 wheat at s a bushel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Count Boni de Castellane plans a
visit to this country in the near flu
ture. The chances are that he is on
the hunt for another American heiress
to share his noble name" and pay
his many bills, and the further
chances are great that he will have
no trouble in finding one. This is not
a very pleasant reflection, though, on
American girls with all kinds of mon
ey, but it is one that a good many
of them deserve
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Probably the success of a certain
play as a money-maker that was tried
out in Washington. has been assured.
The piece was so nasty as to cause
President Taft to leave the theater
before the first act had been conclud-
ed. Almost everyone in the country
will now want to see the play that
was too suggestive for the decent sem
sibilities of Mr.. Taft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

There is this excellent thing to be
said of the general assembly OF the
PRESBYTERIAN church. 1t plays no
favorites. No question of pubic or
Drivate moment is too large or too
small to attract it's attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

By the time the Waters-Pierce Oil
company gets through with the state
of Texas it will wish that it had
shown the laws of that community
little more respect. In addition to
paying a fine of $1,S0O,O00. which it
did recently in cash, it must now dig
down in it's pockets again and pro-
vide another 100000 to pay the costs
of the successful prosecution against
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Turkey is extending the glad hand
to the Jews. 1t proposes to aoolsh
all existing restrictions against jewish
immigrants. Maybe Turkey wants
the Jews to take the places made va
cant by the ruthless massacre of the
Armenian Christians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Paris of late is suffering from a
craze for novel food" says the Paris
Figaro. Three months ago roast
camel meat was the dish. A little
later kangaroo chops became the
fashion. And now the restaurants of
the gourmets offer them 'zebu hump.
The Chicago Tribune suggests that
they might try 'possum next. What's
the matter with wart hogs from Afri-
"a? The Roosevelts could surely sup
ply any demand for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
KANSAS COMMENT
APPRECIATION.

II you think well of humanity it is
peasant to believe that mankind is
growing more appreciative, as well as
Improving In other directions. 1t
seems 70 De pretty good general rule
To-Day that. if a man is capable and
efnclent, he will be appreciative. And
tangible reasons are not lacking to
show why this should be oftener the
case today than in other periods. The
wonderful Improvement in commune
catlon and transportation facilities
gives every man a larger field. And
past instances of a lack of apprecia-
ton show that the world was former
~ slow in finding out. Milton labored
Tor less remuneration than now comes
to the average reporter, and Shakes
peare made no fortune from his won
derful gift of language. A Millet
painting sold in New York the other
day for $4,000. or $129.1s the square
men. The Angelus,' larger paint
ing by the same artist, sold recently
for $4,000. But Millet, during his
life. was a financial failure. He lived
in absolute poverty until a few years
before his death. and then painted
pictures by contract for a few paltry
hundred dollars a year, sufficient to
maintain him in comfort among the
French peasants, many of whom
formed his subjects. There may be
flowers born to bloom unseen today,
but the chances of being found out
are greatly increased. The world has
increased its capacity of appreciation.
-AtchiSon Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Kansas has been legally dry
liquorally speaking, since midnight
when the right of druggists to sell
whisky and beer for any purpose
whatsoever, was taken away from
them by the going into effect of the
new law on this subject. And now
for an efficient enforcement of that
law. The majority of the people of
the state want it and they should
have it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Vice in variety of forms is on the
increase in Cuba since the American
occupation of the island came to an
end. There seems to be plenty OF
handwriting on the wall to snow
the finish of Cuban elf-government'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

The effort which was under way
to organize all of the terulzlns
plants of Europe and America mt"
one gigantic trust has failed. 1ills
is a most unusual occurrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bourke Cochran says there is no
Democratic party left. A word from
Mr.. Bryan on this subject would be
more interesting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
FRON OTHER PENS
AMERICAN GIRLS AND TITLES.

AMERICAN GIRLS AND TITLES.
American women have made mis-
takes in their matrimonial ventures;
but it may be a question whether
their alien alliances have been more
unfortunate, on an average, than
their domestic alliances. In mar
riage, whether at home or abroad,
and without regard to race, cline or
age, men and women have often
erred, and they will continue to err
so long as human nature is what we
know it to be.
But hasn't there been too much
low talk about American women
selling themselves to the wearers of
empty titles Most men and women
who are gentle will perfer not to be-
ieve these stories and the benefits
and opinions of men and women
who are not gentle should not be
humored, for to humor the low taste
is to hurt the possessor of it. Vulgar
appetites should be starved not
nourished
Preachment may not now turn the
tide against this ugly and low habit
if imputing mean and vulgar mo-
tives to American women who wish
to marry abroad; surely, they are not
all giddy worshipers of court pomp
and the gaudy nothings of European
society, and. soon or late. the time
will come when sane public opinion
will discriminate, between the true
and false, weigh each case upon It's
merit.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

The Field Museum at Chicago has all
the other emporiums of natural history
in the country beaten several blocks
for the time being by the acquisition OF
a stuffed Tasmanian Platypus This
animal has bill like duck. and is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
WORTH REMEMBERING.

Something in the school laws of
Kansas is not generally understood.
The law provides that there must be
a school building within three miles
of the home of every boy or girl of
school age, in every district, and if
such schools are not provided, the
district can be compelled to pay the
expenses of transportation Of all chill
dren who have to be taken to school
a distance of over three miles. No
child is expected TO walk more than
three miles to school in any county
in Kansas. There are some parents
who have the idea that they can. un-
der the law. collect from the county
the expenses of conveying children to
school. so much a mile for all over
three miles. But that is not true. The
county is not in the least liable for
such transportation, but the school
district is.-Junction City Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
ALIMONY FOR LIFE.

A great many interested parties will
wonder whether a recent decision of
a Chicago jurist will be sustained by
the higher courts. Some years ago a
Chicago woman secured divorce
from her husband on the ground of
inf1delity which the husband admit
ted. AT that time he was worth moth
ing. Now he is worth $4,000 and his
divorced wife sues him for mainten-
ance. The judge declares that the
husbands changed circumstances jus
tify his former wife in asking for re-
lief.
The court decides in favor of the
woman The man whose wife is forced
because of his unfaithfulness to Sc
cure a divorce from him should be
compelled to support her. The suf-
fering all falls upon the wronged
wife. Through no fault of her own.
her home is broken up and she is
obliged to separate herself from the
man who has promised to protect
and provide for her. The man should
not be allowed to go scot free and
prey upon society, Turing other victims
to their fall.-Milwaukee Sentinel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
OUR BOGEY MAN.

While Americans are laughing at the
real or fancied troubles of Europe, it
should not be forgotten that we have
a DOGGY man about as vague and in
consequential as anything which
makes the European pulse beat faster.
1t is the spectre of Socialism. The last
election showed but little increase, if
any, in the Socialistic vote last year
over that of the previous campaign,
and the organization isn't of sufficient
numerical Importance to cause unrest
But it does, as anyone must see who
reads. There are high-class magazines,
which the Socialists never read, or sell
dom, which devote pages to warning
us of our danger. The civic federation
of the country is also active in its cam
paign against Socialism, and is making
a mighty effort to convince the work
ingman that it is wrong. And, in the
meantime, the majority of workingmen
think little about it, and go on with
their work. 1t is the loafer, and not
the worker, who should be warned of
the dangers of Socialism. But there
are not enough of those to scare ma
tion.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
PLENTY OF MONEY.

Indications are that the treasury de-
partment at Washington need not
worry itself this year as 1t did two
years ago, about aiding the eastern
banks in sending money west to move
the crops. There is plenty of money
this year and more of it is in the west
ern banks than ever before. The west
ern banks have been sending money
east because there was a greater de-
mand for it in that section than there
is in the west. AS the years pass and
the big crops and good prices continue
the west is becoming more and more
still willing to accept eastern money
for its products, but it is no longer
necessary for the west to pay the east
high rates of interest for money.
What a change a few years of plenty
have worked in the west.-Wichita
Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31
No Danger for Roosevelt.

Laughing heartily at the thrilling
stories of danger to which Theodore
roosevelt is said to be exposed in his
hunting trip in Africa. Vincent H.
Waggoner, of Fostoria. Ohio. who
spent nine years in the Dark Contin-
ent, said yesterday in this city that
in reality Roosevelt is having exceed
ingly tame shooting. Waggoner was
passenger on the Mallory liner Lam
pasts for Tampa yesterday afternoon.
He said it amused him to read pre-
dictions that the former president and
his party would succumb to fevers
and other diseases. because in reality
the climate in that section of Africa
is ideal. In his opinion, lion hunt
ing is not nearly so dangerous as go
ing after grizzly bears in the West. 1t
is one thing, he said, to have 100 or
more natives drive game UP to the
guns, and another for the hunter to
go out alone and take his chances.
Waggoner says man must be an ex-
ceedingly poor shot who cannot kill
a lion under the sporting conditions
which surround Roosevelt. The ami
NAL. he says, will not modest a man
of the man will let him alone. The
grizzly, however, is always spelling
for a fight.
There is practically no danger to
beincurred by the hunter where the
game is driven as it is in those big
hunts in Africa" Waggoner contin-
ued. He added that of the 20 species
of the American antelope that will
be shot at by Roosevelt there is not
one that will put UP such fight as
is put up by stays in the Adriondacks,
which charge as soon as they are hit
provided the wound is not mortal or
disabling. The African antelope, how
ever, is so tinid that when wounded
it makes wild efforts to escape. He
asserts it is not often the sluggish
hippopotamus will attack a person.
On the Zambesie river persons in row.
boats go within tie ngeet of hippopot-
ami, which merely blink their eyes.
shooting a hippo is about as ex-
citing sport as killing fat hog,
Waggoner said. THE rhinoceros,
however. is a dangerous antagonist
and put up a good fight He is easy
to kill. however. if a hunter knows
where to- place a bullet IN ms heao;
Take INV word for it, Roosevelt will
pass through his trip all right. -
New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Doliy-When they. came back from their
wedding trip he had just S2ss in his
pocket. Polly-The stingy thinEi~Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Johnny-They'r maxim shingles out a.
cement Gem MONDAYS Dickey-I don't mind
o. cement slippers I'm goin' to run axayt
Chicago Tribune ia . oS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

,Ieacher-What do you understand bv
the term, the eternal feminine"? You1S
Man With the Bad Eye-Aunt Carry Ma
tion.-Chicago Tribune Na-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Mrs. Wellbilt-WeIl, what do YOU think
OF my masquerade costume? am a page
Mr.. Wellbilt-A page! Heavensi You look
more ike whole volume scraps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

What did she get first when she inner
The Bellman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

Artist-Yes, I keep pegging away.
sometimes I get discouraged and say to
myself, Whats the use?' Frtend-Dor't
give up, old man. You can't do worse than
you've done, you know.--Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-31

MY wife wonders why the papers waste
50 much time on mere news" What
weather probabilities, the bargain prob
abilit1es, the marriage notices and the
love story. But an item about big bait
tie or the fall of dynasty looks plffIfnx
to her."-Pittsburg Post