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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
A PICNIC THAT is A PICNIC.

With weather conditions as favorable
as they properly should he, there will
be a great time in Atchison on Mon
day next. It will be the occasion of
the eighth annual picnic to be given
by Mr.. Bale P. Waggener of that city
for the children of Atchison county.
These affairs have reached a plane
where they are now in a foremost po-
sition among the annual events of
Kansas. And we'll they may be. Chill
dren by the thousand flock to them
from all over Atchison county, and
with them go many of their grown
1ps to care for them. They are hauled
from their homes to the scene of the
festivities in special railroad trains
which are chartered by Mr.. Waggener,
who is an ideal host for an occasion
of this sort, or of any other, for that
matter. He is real host, too. Not
only does he provide his guests with
the means of getting to and from the
picnic grounds, but he also supplies
them while there with all of the good
les and amusements that go to make a
uscnic successful No expense is spared
nv him to make the affair a great one
in all of its details. and it is report
ed. by those who ought to know. that
these good times which he has been
providing each year for his little friends
have so far cost him $4,000.
The only possible gain that Mr.. Wag
gener can get from these affairs is the
personal enjoyment that comes to him
from the realization that he has pro-
vided a fine outing for countless chill
dren wno would not get one otherwise
during the whole hot summer. He has
no Interior axes to grind through any
such means as these. These picnics
are merely the result of his love for
little children and his generosity which
is of the Astounding sort. Mr.. Wag-
eeuer is really one of the most promi-
nent men in Kansas. In the practice
of his profession as Il lawyer he has
been wonderfully successful. He has
also made an enviable reputation for
himself in the field of politics. He has
his critics and his enemies as have all
strong men. But it is doubtful if any
of them or any one else who may
merely know Mr.. Waggener by reputa-
ton viii even so much as intimate that
his heart is anywhere bur in the right
place. And after all. that is really the
main thing in the makeup Of man.
That's what the last judgment is go
ing to be rendered on. And If there
vas to be any doubt as to where Bale
Waggener's heart lies, his annual pic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
New Research school.

To establish the greatest school of
its kind In the world in or near Bos-
ton for the collection of biological ma
terial and for the study of varied
forms of plant and animal life Is the
association for maintaining the Amer
lean woman's table in the geological
station at Naples and for promoting
scientific research by women.
Nearly every woman educator in the
country is a subscriber to a fund for
the maintenance of the table in Nap
les, but each student has to pay her
own way in all other respects. Prizes
of $1,000 for research work is given.
1t is said to be due to the mainten-
ance of this table that DR.. Florence
r. Sabin, a graduate of Smith College
and of Johns Hopkins Medical School,
made the most important discovery
since that of the circulation of the
blood by Harvey in finding the origin
of the Emphatic system.
The new university would advocate
BILE" at Naples and save the expense Of
able many women who cannot afford
to leave this country to follow studies
and investigations that might prove of
value to the world. There is a small
station at Woods Hole, supported by
subscriptions and called the Marine
Biological Laboratory, maintained for
the benefit of applicants for the Nap
les tables who desire further training
in research work before going to italy.
1t is thought the Woods Hole station
may serve as a nucleus for the uni
versity-Boston dispatch to the New
York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

Stings and bites of insects are eX-
tremeIy dangerous at all times. and es-
pecially when the system is not in a
condition to resist the poison injected
In many insects the nature of the pol
son has not been ascertained; while
in most of them it is of an acid, irri-
tant nature: in others it may contain
a powerful cardiac sedative and de-
pressant, and in still other organisms
in pure or mixed cultures may be in
troduced with the sting or bite. Apart
from the natural poison used by insects
it should not be forgotten that flies
and other insects that live on carrion
may easily carry contagion and inocu-
late the persons whom they. bite or
sting. In the case of ordinary bites and
stings the chemical antidote is a very
strong alkoline solution, such as a
strong solution of bicarbonate of soda
or potash. which counteracts the acid
of the sting. Suction at the wound in
all these varieties of stings and bites
will draw out some of the poison, and
until some antitoxin treatment can be
found which will prove an antidote to
the bacterial poison introduced, little
can be done beyond stimulating and
supporting treatm ent with attention to
yrlptoms.-Health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Chicago News.l

LFron the Chicago News.1
II you must criticise your boss, do it
inwardly.
The family doctor isn't necessarily a
man of family.
Many a slow-golng man is willing to
rush the growler-
Among ether high flyers we have the
elevated express trains.
No matter what's the matter, some
DeopIe think that it doesn't matter.
A man with a cork leg may or may
not belong to the floating population.
Even the aristocratic passenger on a
sleeping car doesn't object TO a Lowry
berth.
Some people try to make the most
Of themselves. and some others take
antifat.
A spinster who says she is glad OF it
may make everybody believe It but
herself.
Don't be impatient; IL only makes
people about you uncomfortable. and
it doesn't hurry things a bit
It's an easy matter to convince men
that honesty is the best policy when
it pays better than the other kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record

TF.rom the Philadelphia Record.]
The truth may be mighty, but lie
travels faster.
ITO him that hath it shall be given
applies particularly to trouble.
The people who fish for compliments
generally have to use landing net.
Don't accept advice from a man who
never offers you anything else.
There are lots of monumental liars
in addition to those who compose epi-
taphs.
When a man buys his friends they
don't last as long as those man makes
himself.
The fellow who tells you he never
told a lie probably never told a bigger
one in his life.
The trouble with blessings that come
disguised is that the disguise is al
ways so perfect.
There isn't much difference between
making a mountain out OF a mole-hin
and putting up a bluff.
The festive farmer now takes in
summer boarders. but they don't real
ize how badly they are taken in till
it's all over.
Wigg-"At least you cant say that
CuzzIer is lacking in spirits" Wagg-
mo; he generally carries pocket
Haclz -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

asked, turning to her companion.
Business" Ralph replied. You see.
my horse refused to go farther and I
tried to come here. Then I saw q wo-
man in the road and brought her
along. 1t was you. But deserve no
credit"
Whenever I have been in trouble
you have come to me. Do you remeEl-
Der ?"
"Rememberi" And Ralph told her OF
the things he had meant to say and
Bertha listened.
When she had found her horse and
had returned to the village she wrote
to her mother in the East and the let
ter lay for many days unanswered.
Then Mrs Ogden said Ralph would be
welcome When the long days came
there was a wedding, and Ralph took
his place forever at Bertha's side
Copyright. 1909. by Associated Liter
arY Pressl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
Crime Evidence In Dream.

Murder mysteries are solved while
she dreams by Mrs. Susan Dellinger,
of York, Pa, whose apparently clair
voyant detective abilities are set forth
in the forthcoming Journal of Psychi.
cal Research, of which Prof. James III.
Hysiop is the editor. He has had the
case under investigation for a year or
so, and the account Is attested bv
prominent citizens Of the Keystone
State.
VIM. z. Hoover and Curvin Hoover
were found dead near a little church,
yard Three youths from Is to 20
years Of age were charged with muir
volvers, and the father of the FIoovsrz
testified that William had had a weau-
on of the same caliber az the cthern
but II could not be found.
Mrs Dellinger. so the story goes.
dreamed two nights after the crime
that she had seen one the alleged siav-
ers, Henry Snyder, pick up a revoIver
where it fell by the eide Of a grave. on
which she read the epitaph or Curtis
Sipe. Mrs. Dellingcr believed that ehs
went to get the revolver. but was cFas.
ed away from the spot by a man whom
she had not before seen. Several times
in her visions she saw the revolvc
cleaning in the grass near tho Sips
headstone.
Her son found the revolver IN the
place designated It had four 1oaded
chambers and one empty carrridga-
which indicated that the young man
had made an effort to defend hfrnseie
before he was shot down.
Snyder subsequently confessed 10
the chief Of police that he had shot
both the Hoovers following a dispute
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1t is mighty hard work for most
folks to live easy.
If man desires to find out just ex-
actly what woman thinks of him he
should marry her.
Maybe some people do not know how
to use money properly because they've
never had enough OF it to practice with.
X X
Some men are always getting more
than they are looking for by under
estimating the strength of their foes.
= =
A husband who never gives his wife
cause for complaint is likely to be
considered a mean old thing just for
that reason.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.l

From the AIcQlSOn GlOD6.l
Nearly every bride wears a wedding
dress that is beyond her fathers means.
In considering marriage, women
never consider it from a mans stand
point.
A great curiosity would be man
who kept his mouth shut, and lived to
re gret 1t.
When q Kansas man becomes quar-
relsome, the first law he thinks of is
the prohibitory law.
Never keep diary: Some one might
produce it when your enemies are try
ing to prove you are insane.
The smaller the calibre of an actor,
the more certain he is to try to i'm
Press people with his profession when
off the stage.
Listen to a conversation between a
man and q woman five minutes, and
you will hear the woman say: "Ain't
you ashamed OF yourself!'
After a man has read of the Con
LESSONS Of Wives" in the women S
magazines, he looks at his wife with
suspicion every time he sees her with
q pen in her hand.
1t is expensive to be a friend of a
travagant, in order to keep up with
him, aad finally when he goes to the
wall. he borroWs all your money, and
induces you to so on his note.
1t is quite proper for the hostess to
state the length OF guests visit, and
when a guest arrives, unPacks, and
STAYS from violets to the falling of the
leaves, the hostess has right to draw
the latch string in. and let her anger
cut. A search through Blackstone will
rot reveal any right to guest who
STAYS too long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

A large mercantile company, which
has branches in nine Of our cities, has
put into effect an employees old age
pension system, which is an interesting
experiment To this the employees
contribute nothing, but all are eligible
at so years of age if they have served
the company for twenty years. Pro-
vision, too, is made for those who. at
any age are incapacitated for work af-
ter twenty years of service. The
amount of a pension is based upon the
salary of an employe and the number
Of years he has served. The salary
figured on is the average salary dur
ing the five years preceding retirement,
and the pension amounts am to per
of years of service. Thus, a man
whose salary is $4,000 a year, ", re
ceive a pension of $500. The smallest
pension to be paid is $500. the largest
$1,000; so that the system strongly
favors those who have received small
or moderate salaries and who, unable
to save as they have gone along, have
looked forward to old age with con-
sternation.-World'S Work for June.
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ON VACATION.

get along,
I go away two weeks to stay. yet matters
don't go very wrong.
It certainly surprises me to see the office
lose a clerk
Of my estate and wondrous weight, and
yet keep up the current work
You'd think the boss to fill the gap would
hire two husky workers. say,
AT least employ man and boy to do
my work while I'm away.
He doesn't do blooming thing; a foolish
man as you'u agree.
Z ct things wag on when 1 am gone; 1t
certainly surprises me-
-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
MYSTERIES OF THE LAW

Ferd Warner, ex-member Of the st.
Louis house of delegates, has again
been indicted for bribery ana will be
placed on trial. His ~~~--'---~ oonvic-
ton was reversed by the supreme court
of Missouri because the indictment
read against the dignity and peace Of
state" whereas it should have been
1.-The state" Such is the Importance of
the article in law. The is printed in
the new indictment in heavy black
type. so the defendants rights are
properly protected. incidentally the
state pays for an extra trial.
Times change and sometimes the Law
changes with them. Sometimes it does
not. About four hundred years ago ore
Home was tried for falsely charging
that "Sir Thomas Holt hath taken d
cleaver and stricken his cook upon the
head. so that one side of the head fell
upon one shoulder and the other uDan
the other shoulder" 1t was solemnIy
adiudged that this was insufficient, for
it was not stated that the cook was
dead. "the cooks death after splitting
of his head, being matter of inference
only" and the law requiring a positive
statement of fact About the same
time a learned English jurist held that
it was not SANDER to call a clergyman
a fool whereas it would be to apply
such an epithet to a lawyer, for a
clergyman's qualities are rather of the
heart than the head, whereas the quail
tiles of a lawyer are rather of the head
than of the heart and one may be d
fool and still a good clergyman. New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

An American of German birth, who
recently arrived in Germany to partici-
pate in the international shooting COM
petitions which are under way there,
has received notice from the authori-
ties to leave the country. This notice
is due, it is said, because he left the
f'atherland without serving his time in
the army. The real reason possibly Is
that he stands a good chance of win
ming the capital prizes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the state journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address at the rate of ten
cents a week or thirty cents a month
Thy mail onIy.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the state Journal will be to you like
daily letter from homo.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

and of angels. and have not charity. I am
become as sounding brass. or a tinkling
eymbal I Corinthians kill
These words of Paul, the apostle,
to the Corinthians describe the con-
ditions that prevail with all men if
they are not charitably disposed to-
ward their neighbors, their friends
and acquaintance and even the
strangers to them about whom they
find occasion to talk. A man may be
as wise as Solomon but the applica-
ton of his wisdom will not avail
much unless he be blessed with the
appreciation of the great fact that he
should be charitable in his inter-
pretations of the doings and sayings
Of others.
Most persons who give this matter
any thought at all will be sure to ar
rive at the conclusion that there is
altogether too little Of this real and
essential charity in the world today;
and. especially on the part of those
who should have the most of it
those who have had the advantages
of good educations and who have been
favored beyond many of their
brethren. with the worlds goods.
This class of people is all too prone
to pick out the failings, real. but quite
frequently imagined. of others and
condemn them in more or less severe
terms. They misjudge motives They
misinterpret acts. They do not seem
to realize the important fact that
each and every human being is not so
constituted as to look at the same
thing in the same light. They think
that no ones ideas or opinions are
worth anything except their own.
They use pint cup with
which to measure humanity when
they ought to know that there is no
gauge large enough for this purpose.
About all they accomplish is the stir
ring-up of turmoil and hard-feelings
among the different sections of
society. This results in its division
into classes between whom a hatred
of greater or less intensity springs
up.
AS matter of fact, among all per-
sons, there should be a large liber-
ality in the judging of other men and
women. There should be a general
disposition which inclines to put the
best possible construction the
words and actions of others. A good
text for all individuals to keep in
mind is found in those immortal
words of Lincoln which he delivered
in his famous address at the dedica-
ton of the Gettysburg battlefield:
with malice towards none; with
charity for ALL
Charity suffereth long, and is
kind" wrote Paul in the Corinthians.
CHARITY envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself. is not puffed up;
doth not behave itself unseemly.
seeketh not her own. is not easily
provoketh. thinketh no evil: re-
joiceth not in iniquity. but re-
joiceth in the truth; beareth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things. Charity never faileth."
How desirable therefore. should it
be for all men and women to be most
charitably inclined one to the other
How much more peace and happiness
there would be in the world if there
were more of this sort of thing.
''They at least as Ruskin so well
said, "are little to be envied. in whose
hearts the great charities lie dead"
And as that great clergyman. Buck
minister, put it: 1.-The highest ex-
ercise of charity is charity toward
the uncharitable."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
FRON OTHER PENS
TRAVEL. SCHOLARSHIPS.


Travel scholarships that shall permit
the interchange of university students
between the United States, Canada and
the United Kingdom, an educational
scheme rivaling that of the Rhodes en-
dowment in Importance. will likely be
bestowed if plans now being worked out
in England are successfully matured
Premier Asquith. Lord Strathcona and
the heads of the chief universities in
the United Kingdom constitute an in
dustriaI committee which is support
ing the idea. 1t is also Endorsed by
university presidents in the United
States and Canada.
The scheme proposes % scholarships
IA for the United Kingdom 10 for
America and for Canada. The stud
ents appointed-and they must be "alI
around men such as the Rhodes schoI-
arships provide-will make tours in the
respective countries under the guild
tours they will be expected to obtain
some real insight into the popular life
and customs of the nations they are
visiting.
On both sides of the water men who
have completed the third year of
four years course, or the second year
Of a three years course, are to be
selected. The reason for this choice is
that the students may in their final
much of the useful knowledge they
have gained. 1t is also expected that
such visits will result in a better I'M
Outstanding between the countries, and
that friendly relations will be better
emented.-IndianapOli Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press.l

Wisdom isn't When you risk your
money on it.
The hardest work a man can do is
trying to get out of work.
The way to praise a woman's figure
is to sneer to her about somebody
else's.
The thing that gets a girl excited
about love letter is what a blot in it
means
A widow could get married five times
te a girls once because she's 50 much
smarter a. pretending she doesn't want
to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

The public will likely be a tri1e
skepticaI about this. But even if it
is a trust and works the way that
trusts have a habit, it will not place
any burdens on the poor man for au-
tomobiles are far from being a neces-
Sitv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

News comes from Washington that
Mr.. Taft won't bulge from his po-
sition on the corporation income tax
proposition. This ought to be dis
quieting to the members of congress
who are opposed to it. None of them
IS big enough to move him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

AS was to have been expected the
states attorney general has given an
opinion to the effect that the state
board of health, and not the railroad
commissioners, the opinion of their
secretary to the contrary, has juris-
diction over the sanitary conditions
in railroad trains and stations and
that it has the power to order the
adjustment of public drinking cups
if it sees fit. Such an order will be
Issued and it is a good one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

Dry goods men in New York have
issued a circular showing that the
cost of clothes will be greater if the
Aldrich tariff schedules on cloth
are adopted. Mr.. Aldrich will prob
ably say that these men do not know
what they are talking about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

That Chinese version of the death of
Elsie Sigel does not go far enough. 1t
is to the effect that she committed
suicide by taking poison. To have been
rounded out properly it should also
have insisted that she. choked herself
to death with her own hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

Cy Leland is in Washington and ru-
NOR has it that he has his eye on the
Topeka pension agency appointment
Probably it is safe to assume that he
has not an endorsement for the Job
tucked away in one his pockets from
Governor Stubbs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

AS might have been expected the first
direct word from Mr.. Roosevelt to
reach these shores from the African
jungles is to the effect that he is hav-
ing "a bully time But such is prob
badly not the case with the wild
beasts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

The government is going to sell
three lighthouses on the Florida
coast. The Chicago Tribune believes.
therefore. that this will offer to some
folks good chance to do light
housekeeping
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

Colonel Roosevelt ought to be 2
little more specific in the discussion
of the desirability of an equalization
of great poverty and great riches or
some of his dear friends will be call
ing him a Socialist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

Evidently Harry Thaw suffered at
one time from the hallucination that
he was in the Internal regions. He
wanted only twenty tons of ice
placed in his room so that he could
Ian cnnl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

Mayor Green is of the opinion that
the expenses Of conducting Topeka's
gov~-~rnent are not so high. But there
can be little doubt that they are
plenty high enough.