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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
COSTUMES OF DIsEAsE.

In recent bulletin issued by the
health department of the city OF Chi
cago there are statistics and concIu-
sions on the costliness of disease and
the ease with which health may be
maintained which are quite as valu-
| able to other localities as they are to
1 that town. DIR. Evans, the health COM
missioner of that city, states in this
bulletin that between the ages of 8
and 6 5 years death from pneumonia is
useless and a reflection on civilization.
Good ventilation and temperance in
eating and drinking are the safeguards
against it.
I He presents statistics to show that
practically all the diphtheria deaths
now are among the poor. This is be-
cause the anti-toxin for diphthe-
ria, an almost certain curative for this
dread disease, is most expensive. 1t
suggests the thought that either the
state or it's various communities
should provide the means for furnish
ing this remedy to families who are
too poor to purchase it. This would
be a public charity of the highest type
and is one that is practIced by Chicago
and other large and smaller cities in
the country.
Another remark of a different kind
which DR.. Evans makes in the same
bulletin is: 1.-The expense of sickness
and a funeral will mortgage a poor
family for a year or more" AS the
Chicago Record-Herald says in COM
menting on this, the economic impor-
tance of health needs to be brought
out just in this way, and is being so
brought out more and more each year.
One of the sermons from a Chicago
pulpit recently. for example, empha-
sized it, and told of a European city in
which the financial loss of typhoid fe-
yer alone was placed at over a million
dollars year.
The most striking showing of the
cost of disease ever made in this coun-
try was that of the recent "Pittsburg
Survey" In that city the cost of one
year of typhoid is put at over $3,00O,-
600. To reach this figure a detail
study of all items of cost in 44S ty-
phoid cases was made and the conclu-
sion reached that the cost to each pa
tient in loss of wages and in expenses
was $128. The estimated cost for all
cases in Greater Pittsburg for a year
was $693,S8S. To this was added a
valuation at $4,000 each for the 622
deaths from the disease. or $2,448,O0O
more.
Perhaps no other investment, as the
Record Herald says, gives society
more for it's money than that in the
fight against disease.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
HYHlWKER JOTS

In Kingsley there are some people
angry at the Mercury. The editor says
| it is the people whose chickens are at
large.
After Arkansas learns the trick of
the fake footracers," suggests the
Wichita Beacon. there ought not be
any other place left where 1t can be
worked"
"A man stopped his paper few
weeks ago because he couldn't afford to
take it, says the Marion Record. This
week his wife subscribed because she
couldn't afford to do without it."
Seventy men have been appointed to
supervise the new Presbyterian church
seem, is being built for future genera
tions, sagely remarks the Ottawa Her
aid.
Tom Francis, a Jewell county young
man, has~the record of having 'skun'
SS polecats this winter. This leads to
a surmise from Charlie Blakesley that
Tom has not been going out much in
society.
"some weeks ago." says the Mime
apols Better Way. ''the editor of this
lost his umbrella. and requested the
finder to keep it. The finder has done
so. 1t pays to advertise"
The Concordia Kansan is always
helpful, and believes that there is a
time for all things, says the Emporia
able article headed, How to Prepare
the Turkey for Christmas"
Colonel Charles I. Martin, the new
adjutant general. while one of the alb
lest strategists in the Kansas National
guard, will never be able to wear the
full regalia of his office with the gusto,
apIomb and eclat that General J. w. F.
Hughes did.-Kansas City Star.
Wesley Kouns. a Salina inventor, is
advertising in New York for 100 mil
lion dollars capital with which to fin
ance the promoting of an airship. He
will not give out any of the details
about his invention, but claims that it
will be able to travel across the con-
tfnent, 1900 miles in "a hours.-McPher-
son Republican.
The Alma Enterprise recently pub
lished a letter from S. H. Fairehild, of
that town, in which he says: IF my
memory serves me right it took but
dozen employees to run the state of
Kansas in 1872. I was candidate for
sergeant -at-arms and came within one
vote of getting there, and was finally
elected doorkeeper. My duties were the
usual duties of doorkeeper and in ad
dition I had to keep up the fires in two
wood stoves, after going into the bot
toms to get some farmer to haul wood
and hire a colored man to cut it, also
to light up the senate chamber, using
tallow candlesricks hung around on the
wallis
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
QUAKER AIEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record.I
1t isn't only the golf player who
foozles his way through life.
A political party wouldn't have
much fun if it had nothing to repu-
diate.
rel about tri1es than to have more
serious things to quarrel about
A woman is always on the. go.
which may explain why there is q
woman on the silver dollar.
The man who is fondest of telling
you that business is business really
means that business is a pleasure.
Baseball players are not so much
interested In doing penance during
Lent as in winning pennants after
ward.
The average man wants his club to
have all the comforts of home and his
home to have all the comforts OF a
club.
Nell-"when they were married he
promised not to interfere with her
refuses to buy her a new hat for
Easter"
Muggins-"Nfy wife always makes
over her old gowns" Buggins-"And
nv wife satisfies herself with picking
the gowns of the other women to
pieces"
The girl who marries in haste and
repents at leisure shows a true Chris
tian spirit when she realizes that she
has probably saved some other girl
from repentance.
Here, waiter. there's a fly in my
SOUP" exclaimed the irate diner. "Oh,
the poor little thing replied the ten
der hearted waiter; II shall report the
chef to the S. P. G. A.
Mr. Newlywed-''What kind of cake
is this?" Mrs. Newlywed-"'That is
some angel cake I made, dear" Mr..
Newlywed-"Angel cake. eh? Wen.
all I've got to say is that angels must
have tougher digestions than I ever
gave them credit for"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION.


Of the desirability and the effective
ness of the government of a city by a
commission system, the New York
Evening Post printed recently a brief
but pointed editorial, as follows:
"Boston's struggle for a new and
better charter may take another turn
as a result Of DR.. Eliot's trip to Texas.
The president of Harvard saw the
charter commission reject his favorite
scheme of government by commission
and recommend notifications of the
existing document which, though ap-
preaching his ideal in some respects,
nevertheless preserve something of the
was objected, might work we'll in a
small town; but in a large one it
would fail as soon as its novelty wore
off and voters lapsed into their natur-
DR.. Eliot went to Galveston for facts:
and now reports that the results of
the Texas experiment surpaSS even his
hopes. After nine years, business men
still serve on the commission, the city
gets dollars worth for every dollar
spent, and Galveston voters are still
interested and enthusiastic. Such facts,
attested to by such a witness, our
large cities should not ignore. Gov
erning some 10000 Americans is, to
be sure, very different from govern
ing a million people of twenty nation
al1t1es in the midst of bad political
NAe1oAtlOAA0- Dul Tie Q4IlGT0ACo QOeS
not disprove the feasibility of Gal
veston's sound business methods in a
metropolis Their extreme Elasticity,
best seen in the Des Moines plan, in
dicates that they can be adjusted to
differing conditions
When are the people of Topeka GO
ing to be given the opportunity to say
by their votes whether or not such a
plan of government shall be tried
here?
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

To triplets who were born recently
in South Carolina were given the
names, respectively, of William, Jen-
nings and Bryan. The Chicago Trib-
une sympathizes with them because
they won't be able to vote for their
namesake for president until the pres
idential election after they become of
age, which will not roll around until
1882. The Tribune forgot to add there
is no doubt about their having an op-
portunity at that time.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Prominent among the necessary evils
are alarm clocks.
- 4
Nothing is SO often misdirected as
the laying of blame.
q u e
Generally, when a man needs his
nerve the most it fails him.
n v
Some persons make more noise when
they're asleep than when they're awake.
q
Politeness is a valuable asset that 1t
would pay everyone to cultivate.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

roads in this. or any other state. is a
state engineer, who shall plan them
and supervise their construction in a
general way. This fact is recognized
by the experts on good roads the
world over. 1t is the plan which has
been followed by other states which
have made a good beginning in the
building Of good roads. Its necessity
is probably apparent to everyone who
will give the matter a moments
thought.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New york Press.l

[From the New York Press.1
The thing that worries a man about
being rich is how he can get richer.
The redder a girls hair is the safer
it is to tell her that it is silken sun
shine.
One thing. that helps a man to be a
good husband is not caring whether he
enjoys life or not
Quarrelscme people can get just as
mad with you for agreeing with them
as for differing from them.
People think they know how to raise
children when they don't even know
enough to raise vegetables.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

The necessity of increased revenues
for the federal government Is apparent
to congressman and all other public Of
f1cers at washington from President
Taft down. In view of this the mem
bers OF congress, when they get at the
work of tariff revision, ought to keep
in mind the fact that a tariff which
will produce the most revenue is a
tariff of low schedules and not one OF
the highly protective variety.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

They are talking of revising the
charter of New York city and among
other changes it is proposed that no
one shall be eligible to the office OF
mayor of the town who has been a
resident of it for ten years previous to
the date of his election to the office.
Possibly this is designed to bar Mr.
Roosevelt from the job for some time.
It has been repeatedly suggested that
he is the most desirable individual to
undertake the task of putting the gov
ernment of the metropolis of the United
States On a proper footing.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

A St. Louis man announces that he
IS making plans to send the first steer
able airship across the Atlantic. Prob
ably he contemplates equipping it, like
the famous Kansas airship that was
built at Girard, with a body like a
boat that will be able to navigate
oceanic waters. The Kansas aircraft
never did have a chance to show what
1t can do on the seas, but it certainly
ddd run fine on the land.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Mr.. Hopkins, who has been striving
for quite some time to secure a re-elec-
tion to the United States senate from
Illinois, announces that both Mr.. Taft
and Mr.. Roosevelt are in favor of this
honor being given him. This may help
some but not quite as much as would
similar opinions by a few more mem
bers of the Illinois legislature.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

New Yorkers drop no less than two
hundred thousand pennies each day in
the chocolate and gum slot machines
which are in the subway and elevated
railway stations. 1t is the little things
like this that give something of an ade-
quate idea of the immensity of a city
with a population of 100000 people and
the great number of them that daily
use the transportation facilities of the
oEf
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

A good suggestion in the interest of
public health and to prevent the spread
of tuberculosis and other contagious
and infectious diseases is found in an
ordinance which has been presented to
the city council of Cleveland. 1t pro-
poses to prohibit women from wearing
skirts on the street that touch the
ground when they walk.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

never takes the trouble to pass appro-
priations to pay them. Many grand
children of persons who had just claims
against the government are passing
their old age in poverty because of
their Inability to collect the claims to
which they have fallen heir.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Kansas has been more than forty
years in collecting that claim of $425.-
900 from the federal government. This
IS better work than most states or in
dIviduals accomplish in collecting
claims against the United States. For.
while a majority Of such claims are
awarded from time to time, congress
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia, 50
it is reported, is going extensively into
the business of raising chickens as a
side line. Perhaps the fact that the
state of Georgia only pays her gov
ernors a salary of $4,000 a year is ex-
r1lanatory thereof
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

The announcement of ]. Ogden Ar
mour that ''meat will be cheaper this
summer is almost too good to be true.
1t smacks decidedly of the approach of
the millennium and that is conceded to
be a long ways off vet.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Probably the many friends of Kansas
in the east win credit to this state that
disastrous tornado which visited Ar
kansas recently. That's a way they
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
FRON OTHER PENS
FEWER QUIBBLEs, PLEASE.


Unquestionably, an overplus of law
and the adroit use of it has saved the
life of many a murderer. Undoubted-
by too much reliance is being placed
these days on expert testimony, on
technicaIities of every name and ma
ture, on the "unwritten law" on
strained constructions. With capital
crimes the tendency appears to be
more strongly to protect possible in
nocence than to punish undeniable
guilt. The pendulum has swung too
far in that direction in misdirected
efforts to surround accused persons
with the presumption of Innocence un-
til conviction is incontrovertibly prov
ed
The case of the New York police
man who was shot in an effort to ar
rest a crook in the crooks rooms, fur
nishes another instance of a murder
that will likely go unpunished, the
defense being that the officer was dis
guised and was mistaken for bur-
glar. Conviction will be made more
difficult because of recent court decf-
sions denying the right of the police
to invade a mans domicile without a
warrant. Rather less quibbling over
technicalities would result in fewer
miscarriages of justice.-Pittsburg
Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

That Filipino editor who has been
sent to Jail for libelling one of the
members of the Philippines commits
sion will probably receive condolences
from Joseph Pulitzer and Delevan
Smith
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

A history of the Kansas legislative
session Of 1909 might most appropriate
ly be labelled What might have been? ?"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
German Student insurance.

The University of Breslau has mace
a. contract with an accident insurance
company in Frankfort to insure us
Ali s+1,dents of mathematics, astro-
non1y. physics, chemistry, or pharma-
cv botany. zoology, mineralogy, and
geology must pay fee of SO cents
each Semester and be insured agalnse
E'irernen and machinists and employees
Of : the clinics are also included. the
first two paying $1.19, and the last II
cents premium. The policy lapses as
4oe university is severed The COM
pany par pays STA in case of death. So
57O payable in annuities, for total dis
ability, corresponding smaller amounts
for partial disability, and ~ Genus
This insurance is optional with stu
dents of the other branches.-Daily
Consular and Trade Reports.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
ETrLL. LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRFSS

Affairs in Texas are pursuing their
usual course. A negro was burned at
the stake the other day
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

81 see that the Chinese court will go
into mourning for three years owing to
the deaths of the Emperor and the EN-
press DoWager. There must be a lot
of people around that court who think
mourning is becoming to them."-Chicago
Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Doctor. can't begin to tell you how
restless John is. I can't make him rest
quietly. He lies first on one side and
band is a lawyer. I want TO know about
his physical condition, not his profession
al habits. New York Globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
ADJUSTMENTS.


HU1NOR OF THE DAY
I'm days of old were knights easily so
bold? They could well afford to be- A
getting iacerated by the pins in eI her wsists
kansas City Journal.
Mr.. Ruffly-I called because I thought
you were out. Miss Pert-Well, thought
thoxght 5 YOU 1 We're some n1a one eseaSs ast hSXe
Have any of you farmers been uplifted
s'Day before yesterday si Smiling WAS hit
from behind by an automobile. e."-Washing-
ton Post.
What are the names of that young cou-
married. and he calls her Birdie and she
calls him Pettie."-CIeveland Leader.
Reporter-Do you think this iong-dIs-
tance walking benefits you? Mr.. Economy
Louis Times
''Where is Ell Dorado?'' I'm the back OF
the magazines When read of the money
to be made in Belgian mares and squads
grow supercilious with wealth" "-Louisville
Courier-Jo Journal
NIilton-Yes, I'm willing to admit that
women have much better compilations
Ethei-Naturally.
Milton-No. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.
Hell love. you, of course-but the me-
dium said I'd marry a blonde. She-Oh,
I'll fix that up.-National Grange.
.a7+ "Rid you eyer feel that the EGrld was
ihgansf ip 5s sip5eG on felt th It this morn
Washington Star.
observed his friend. Sure" answered
Joe Miller. IT'S a chestnut" But this,
from his published works.-Chicago
Tribune.
Il see that the Chinese court will go
into mourning for three years owing to
the deaths of the Emperor and the EN-
Of people around that court who think
mourning is becoming to them. m."-Chicago
Herald.
Doctor, I can't begin to tell you how
restless John Is. I can't make him rest
then on the other" Madam, your hus- Sin
band is lawyer, want 70 know about
al HABITS 1NeW York GLOBE. GGo e.' pr0is's'On-
are a genius. The Inventor-No, I'm not.
If I were real genius, practical men like
do you believe in inspiration7. a'oh,
Jewei % song t the dsy the 0fs new NiS COOK ar are
rived. kansas City Journal.
new typewriter Author-No-second
She's a widow.-London Plck-Me-Up.
Employer Cto clerk)-You say you feel
and yet you feel as weak as a cat; you'd
better see a vet.-Tatier.
Miss. ,Jones-When lovers quarrel they
turn their backs to each other. Miss
Smith-Yes, and when married couples
quarrel they fly at each other.-Judge.
why didn't you succeed2" ''Too much
''I didn't know you had any"
Didn't. Other fellow had it."-Nashville
Scribbler-The artistic temperament is
such a commonplace expression. Give me
a synonym for it. scrawler-How would
hard up do?-Philadelphia Record.
Of course. the. shoe clerk was new to
the business, or he never could have made
such a break What you need, madam,
he said, sis No: instead of No. I"
nantly. you YOU must be- be thinking Of the
size of your hat. young man."-Chicago
Chicago Aldermen had voted themselves
private secretaries at $3.50 a year. But
you don't need EN-" protested the people.
That Is h entirely & beside the .e question: 1s re-
Nobody ever said we did" d"-Philadelphia
did Brown leave a will?" YES. in
Iced Iced And 1ey very TSt dS tSs Sne toS orv s
1s hs PPeiafives THEREBY arriving car at the
same result and saving his relatives much
needless worry."-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
HATS OFF no MRS. TAFT.

President elect Taft may make a
great chief executive but the member
of the Taft household slated for the
highest pedestal is Mrs. Taft. The
building of Panama canals and sue
cessful lid sittings are mere child's
play compared to the world record
breaking feat Mrs. Taft has recently
performed. The dispatches state that
she purchased a whole years supply
of duds for herself and daughter,
Helen, in the incredibly short time of
four hours. Mere man cannot appre-
ciate fully all that this means, but the
ladies who frequently spend half a
day buying a spool of thread or have
the clerks take down all the goods in
the house before they can decide upon
a piece of calico for an apron will
need no diagram. History, as it is
mostly written by the men, will
doubtless fail to give Mrs. Taft due
credit for her great achievement, but
if the clerks of the world don't chip
in and erect a monument in her hon
or, the Tribune will never again plead
in their behalf for early Christmas
shopping. Mrs. Taft has certainly set
a splendid example for the shoppers
of the nation, and since she has de-
monstrated that a hat or a package of
pins can be bought in less time than
a week, they are left without excuse to
give the family cold dinners during
millinery opening times, and it is up
to them to mend their ways.-Cha-
mute Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

'I presume you have family tree, Joe,"
observed his friend. Sure" answered
Joe Miller. IT'S a chestnut" But this,
being apparently original, was omitted
from his published works.-Chicago
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
HUAOR OF THE DAY

I'm days OF old were knights easily so
bold?'' They could wen afford to be- A
getting lacerated by the pins in her waist"
kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Ibid you ever feel that the world was
against you?" Sure. I felt 1t this morn
ing when I slipped on the sidewalk
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

He-I love you, of course-but the me-
dium said I'd marry a blonde. She-Oh,
I'll fix that up.-National Grange.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

''Do you believe in Inspirations h'oh.
yes. Gounod probably wrote his brilliant
Jewel Song the day the new cook ar
rived. kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

The Magnate-You will succeed, sir-you
are genius. The Inventor--No, I'm not.
you would consider me a darned fool
Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Mr. Ruf1y-I called because I thought
you were out. Miss Pert-Well, I Thought
/ was out, too. The maid must nave
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

what are the names of that young cou-
pie next door?" 1--WE won't be able to find
out for several weeks. They've Just been
married. and he calls her Birdie and she
calls him Pettie."-Cleveland Leader
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Milton-Yes, I'm willing to admit that
women have much better compilations
than men.
Ethel-Naturally.
Milton-No. artistically.- Chicago News
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Have any of you farmers been uplifted
as yet 2" yep" answered Mr.. Corntossel
DAY before yesterday 81 Smiling was hit
from behind by an automobile. washing
ton Post.