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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
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Wroten ad Looie Linkenfusser.
Cheneral Delivery.
Greetings, Looie: You will remen-
per dot lasd week I svore OUT writing
20 you, but. es I hat renigged on ef-
Ierydlng else I svore ouf. Omit Won
egseption, und I candt get any in To-
psKa), l might es veil make a goot
cnop uf Id, und break dis resolution.
Der supchect uf my discourage
m me, upon dis. my feirsd break-ofer.
VII pc daken from der lasd chabter
W Unatural History nit feet-notes
una Ieet-prints from wild Animiles I
NeHer Met. I mean, uf course. der
new animile vich Misder Rosinfelt.s
bress-acnendt hat discofered. Dis amt
mile ISIS undoubtedly a Specimen ,,f
der Cook. but We will call Ia de Tod
dyrinktus gazazzanorinthicus. fer
short. Berheps, Looie, you tink dere
ISIS no such animi1e But. es der late
misder Hamlet remarked. Deere iss
more tings twixt Uganda und Mokoko,
Horace, den you, in your Phiilippiues.
eeffer dreamed uf'' 1 dondt know
vot der heck he meant DIV dot. buf id
iss chusd es clear es some uf hiss
oder remarks. Derefore. Looie dot
disposed uf. led us return to Misder
Rosinfeldt und hiss new aninile.
Early dis morning, aloud sefen o'clock
1asd night, I receifed wireless dis
padge from Misder Rosinfeldt de-
scriping der beasd. und dereform 1 hat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
WHY THE HEMP


saw a hen go cross the street.
With slow and stately tread;
She seemed to have an end in view,
And never turned her head
Why goes that hen across the street?''
Inquired a paSserby;
Il know she does it ev'ry day.
But not the reason why.
You speak the truth" I made reply.
She crosses ev'ry day,
And yet the garden over here
Is equal ev'ry way.
She will not stay where she belongs,
Though land she has to spare;
She must go on the other side
To see what's over there.
tAlass My friend, it's just the same
With all the human race:
The hen wont stay where she belongs,
Though she's a better place.
IT'S naught for which she is to blame,
She's learned it from the men:
Tell me why men go cross the street
Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
Labor Problem in the South.


I'VE simply cannot get along with
out negro labor in the SOUTH said
Mr.. J. B. Summers, a prominent cot
ton planter, of Monroe, La. at the
Stafford.
European labor nay do very well
in the cities and on railroads, but on
the plantation one negro is worth two
of any of the recruits from the Old
World. I have tried every sort of
foreigner on my own place and speak
from experience. My neighbors take
the same view. We prize our colored
population to that extent that 1t is
dangerous for labor agents from the
outside to come into some of our
counties with a view of hiring the ne
groes for distant jobs.
1T has got SO that wheE a stranger
goes into such communities he is met
at the railway station by deputation
of citizens who ask him biuntly what
his business may be. If he admits
that his mission is to engage hands,
he is told that the local atmosphere
is not at all conducive to health and
also warned that it will be to his per-
sonal benefit to take the next train
out of town. The man who doesn't
comply with the suggestion is an 1S-
karat-idiot,for when those long-haired
Southerners tell you to move on 1t is
simply counting death to reject the
command. baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFro1n the Atchiaon Globe.

the AlcIIISOH OlOD6.
good many people have rheuma-
tisn. Why doesn't Governor Stubs
cure it?
There is magazine devoted to
about everything but facts and COM
mon sense.
Beyond the man you intended to
whip, no one is greatly interested in
your quarrels.
Somehow said a brakeman today,
ST always associate women with sick
headache
In looking yourself over. don't you
find your favorite topic of CONVERSE
ton is yourself?
When a woman refers to her kitchen
as her prison cell, mark it down that
she never cooks anything fit to eat.
When you see a reporter walking
both are signs that he isn't a good
reporter.
When woman says, Aren't men
fools?" ten to me she says it in speak
ing of some mans fondness for some
other woman.
a certain man as a fool. But he quit
smoking the other day. and we may be
compelled to change our opinion.
Sometimes a man thinks evil of an
other, not because he has reason. but
because he IS afraid it he credits the
lTl0uQ WIFI S1OO AlOtitCSt AO WILL NC
getting fooled
I'm regard to this old thing con-
test writes a woman to the Globe,
ST wish to state that have a husband
who acts as If he were $50 years old.
Can any woman beat it go
Fred Barrett is a very polite man.
A reporter called on him this morning,
and Mr.. Barrett said: 81 have been
waited on, thank you.' (Chart: An
other reporter had called on him, and
taken his item.)
Ed Perdue, ahe Huron banker, is a
grave, dignihed man, but everyone
calls him "Ed.' What a misfortune
it would have meen had Theodore
Roosevelt been named Ed Roosevelt!
No man named Ed looks well in print.
1.-THE brakeinen are actually speak
ing we'll of Governor Stubs. That
extensively advertised gentleman can
kick people. and make them like him.
But I can't do ii. Indeed I praise
people, and tell how patriotic they are,
and how noble, and still they won't
like me."-Parson Irvine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Think about what you say. Does Hell
en- love you ?''
I'll am afraid she does
And Kate 90
He blushed holly. IT hope you
don't think me mad enough to have
found out! I hope I never made a
sign of my feeling for her. You make
me-hate myself
The old lady had risen and the
young man was helping her into her
but remember what I say. No wom-
an thanks man for marrying her to
keep a promise. Probably Helen al
ready doubts your feeling for her.
Another thing-you cannot give love
out to a loveIess world unless you have
real home to find love in. And love
is not matter of dollars. or position,
or even Of ability and philanthropy
1t Is thing wholly spiritual Follow
your heart Goodbye. now" she
go straight to Helen and tell her,
VIII your
He walked back to his office. As
he went to the phone on his desk
to call Helen and ask her when he
could see her. his eye fell on a letter
from her left there by the postmar
in his absence. He opened it won
deringly.
Dear Toni start tonight for siz
months abroad and leave this to be
IItdl10u AFTER i dIu gone. Ou QOl
love me. I am slow, but I have seen
it for some time. I will not pretend
that am not hurt. but will say that
am strong and shall get over it
After all, I believe we would have
made a mistake-a doctor needs q
! home woman. want my work
You need some flower of 8
thing to make a sanctuary for you
don't know who she is, but I've 6
feeling that you've found her.
HELEN"
He sat dazed awhile, then he CLOSED
the office and took car for little
Hates boarding house.
She at first refused to see him. bu
he sent the greasy landlady back tt
say he would stay until she did. Their
she came down wrapped in a big shawl
weak-and proud. Her Transparent
cheek flushed under his gaze, her eye
[ fell. She would not come to his out
stretched arms, SO he came to he
and embodied her, and held her clos.
| while he told her all that lay in hi
| heart. Presently she was clinging t
him as If she could never let him go
And he didn't mind in the least tina
| the fat, frowsy landlady was certainl,
listening at the door.-(Copyright 1911
| by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Mr.. CLAWS, who stirred up most of
the fuss that has led to the Balling-
er-Pinchot row, must be the cham
pion "big-head" of the world, if he
is suffering from megaIomania as At
torney General Ballinger says he is.
This ailment is so rare that even the
most up-to-date dictionaries fail to
include it's name among their many
words. But an analysis of its parts
would appear to indicate that meg
alomania is the most intensified stage
of the exaggerated ego. In other
words Mr.. CLAWS is obsessed with the
idea that he is far more clever fell
low than he really is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Another cry has gone up against the
lack of proper proportions between sal
aries and the high cost of living. This
time it comes from a champion of the
assistant professors in the colleges of
this country. He says that 80 per cent
OF them do not receive enough in wages
to live on. There's no use attempting
to deny it. the high cost of living is
getting to be a pretty serious problem.
And something has got to be done be-
sides talk about it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

And still another explanation OF the
causes for the unusually cold weather
which is general throughout the world
Is going the rounds. 1t is to the eff
feet that the North Polar elements
are getting square with the rest of the
world for the rather unenviable mo-
toriety that has been given them by
the squabble over the discovery of the
big Nall This is just about as reas-
enable, too, as many of the other
reasons which are being exploited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
A Dancing Cure.

In an article on ancient Highland
spas the British Medical Journal re-
FAIRS to a curious Highland remedy.
This was. the dancing cure as it was
practiced many years ago in Strath-
spey. A Highland shepherd, one Dom
aid McAlpin, famous. dancer, was
reputed to have cured his mistress of
a mysterious malady by means of
dancing reel with her. and this story
being noised abroad gained him the
reputation of being a successful ply
stefan. His humble cottage, overlook
ing Strathspey, was besieged with
crowds of patients who hoped to get
rid of their ailments by a dance with
Donald. The shepherd did not hesi-
tate to take advantage of this stroke
of good luck, and soon had a large
and thriving practice. He engaged as
assistant an ancient piper. who did
the duties of apothecary, and the two
between them evolved a course of
treatment for almost every i'll to
which the flesh is heir.-Westmin-
stef Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

An unusual wave of crime started
on its way a few days ago in Detroit.
A little girl was murdered. A man
was killed in resenting an insult to his
wife and numerous attempted assaults
on girls have been perpetrated. The
city authorities have increased the po-
lice force by one hundred and fifty
men to patrol the streets at night and
break up the gang that is responsible
for these outrages. That's municipal
activity of the right sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
FROM the Chicago News.

The man who knows it all seldom
makes good when It comes to action.
Extre nes meet when the hairdresser is
introduced to the chiropodist.
One fisherman ought to believe the
stories of another. but he seldom does.
It is easier for girl to persuade a
young man to fan IN love with her than
it is to keep him IN that condition.
Saleswomen in the department stores
did not need any one to inform them
that Christmas was coming with a
rush.
At this season of the year it is some
satisfaction to the small boy to hatten
his nose against confecfioner's win
dow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Rev. Mr.. Stuckey announces his in
tentions of returning to the ministry
and preaching the gospel of God. 1t
is unnecessary to comment on his ut
ter unfitness for any such labor. But
perhaps coal-mining will have more
attractions for him after he has serv-
ed few years apprenticeship at it in
the states prison at Lansing. At that
though. he is hardly good enough to
associate with the mules in mine,
let alone the miners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Yale university has not been slow in
devising means for the spending Of
that $65O,oO0 which was given to it the
other day by Mrs. Russell Sage. The
money is to be put in two new labora-
tory buildings, the plans for which are
ready. That's certainly quick action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press. ]

An extra easy way to lose girl is
to be sure you've got her.
It's a great temptation to do an easy
thing the hardest way.
When a man really learns all about
a thing he can stop showing of
about it.
The more SONS man brings up the
more he proves he doesn't know how
to do it.
A woman wouldn't be willing to get
old even to cash in an endowment
policy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

If any one in these parts isn't suf-
Aciently dissatisfied with the present
weather conditions surrounding him
let him hunt up tourist travel book
and read a bit about the island of
Bermuda, the land where Easter ILL
les grow in the fields the year round
and where soft, balmy breezes are
perpetual,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Navajo Indians are reported to be
mending their ways to the extent of
surrendering to the superintendent on
one of the reservations an enormous
stock of gambling paraphernalia.
Isn't it possible that they are out of
ready cash and exchangeable proper
ty TO gamble with?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
NEW LAND LAWS NEEDED NOW.

~
There should be no side-tracking by
congress of legislation that is needed
fo urevent the footing of the public do
main until such investigations as the
congressional committee will make con-
corning the Ballinger-Pinchot row.
as it is called, are concluded.
Advices come from washington that
this investigation is to l. most thor
ough in all of its details and as the
representatives and senators. six of
each. who will make up the probing
committee, will also have their regular
congressional work to attend to, 1t IS
reasonable to- assume that the inquiry
will be long drawn out affair. Indeed
some of the dispatches from Washing
ton indicate that there is no possibility
that this matter can be disposed of and
the committee ready to make its report
until the session of congress.
Arguments that there should be no
legislation amending the present laws
regarding the requirement of water
power sites and mineral lands, coal
lands in particular, until this committee
gets through with it's work, are plausi-
BILE on their face. and they are being
made in some quarters. No doubt, the
committee in the pursuit of its investi-
r4tions will get much information
which will be valuable in the framing
of the public land legislation Of the
future.
But this is really no good reason why
needed legislation in these particulars
should not be acted upon at the present
session of congress. 1t may be that the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigating COM
mittee will find much that will be of
value in fixing up the land laws in an
| equitable fashion so that the rights Of
the public will be best conserved in the
handling and development of public
property of value. 1t is true, neverthe
less, that the present land laws, espe-
cially those which concern the mineral
| lands of Alaska, are woefully deficient.
There is nothing in them to restrain
greedy aggregations of capital from
grabbing up these lands for little more
than song and sailing them away for
their monopolistic operations of the
future. The same is true of the laws
relating to the requirement of water
power sites in the United States proper
| In his annual report Mr.. Ballinger
made suggestions for legislation 20
amend the present defective statutes on
these subjects with measures that
would prevent the further despoliation
of these valuable national resources.
These suggestions have the approval of
the president and others interested in
this great subject. There is nothing in
the present laws relating to these mat
tiers which will permit the secretary of
the interior or any other public officer
to restrain legally the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of these great properties. That is re-
sponsible for much of the criticism
lagainst Mr.. Ballinger. He is con-
demned by unthinlxing people for not
doing things which the law will not
permit him to do.
This condition of affairs existing, con-
gress should fix up the statutes in
question at the earliest opportunity.
New laws can be made on these SUBJ
jects now without any further investi-
cations which viii meet the needs of
the situation. If the Ballinger-P inchot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

investigating committee discovers con-
ditions that suggest better and more
stringent laws. well and good. They
can be framed in the future. But
emergency legislation is needed now
and it should be enacted regardless of
this investigating committee and its.
1abors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
CowIess Diaries Now.

That cowless diaries are being oper-
ated in the vicinity of New orleans
was the discovery made by the CITY
hoard Of health. AS result Alonzo
Paiozzolio. simon Russo, H. L. Good
WIN. and w. J. Cuny are charged with
diiuting condensed milk with water and
selling it as the real article Health
inspectors say they found great pres
cows-New Orleans Dispatch to New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Hogs are still going up, according
to the market quotations. It won't be
long now before the cow that jump
ed over the moon will lose her laureIs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Resolutions have been presented in
congress by three different represen-
tatives asking for an inquiry into the
cost Of living. Why not have one? It
wouldn't do any harm and it might
do a lot of good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

oregon comes to the front again with
the boast OF being the home Of the
champion napjack eater of the world.
This is, indeed, a great honor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
A SATURDAY SERMON.

A righteous man regardeth the life Of
his beast; but the tender mercies of The
wicked are cruel Proverbs XII 10.
1t is at such a season of the year as
the present one when the thought con-
veyed in the words of the text strikes
home good and hard. Cruelty to anil.
mails. to dumb brutes. the beasts of
burden and the beasts of the field which
ers, is wickedness in its most repre-
hensible form.
There is much, of it, too, and more
especially in the winter time when CHI
matte conditions are particularly severe
on all of the animals that have been
domesticated by man. Every person
who keeps s eyes open ought to real
ize this. It is no uncommon sight on
the streets of a city or on the country
roads to see horses hitched to heavy
loads slipping around on feet which are
not properly shod, and getting vicious
Iashes of the whip because they are not
able to accomplish physical efforts
which are well nigh impossible The
horses are many, also. which are made
to stand hitched to posts for hours at
a time with the temperature lowering
around zero and without g. vestige Of a
blanket, or covering Of any kind to keep
the freezing blasts from their bodies.
Much of such treatment of horses is
due to carelssness and thoughtlessness
but that makes it nonetheless mex
cusable.
And If this criticism is proper Of the
way many of the city folks neglect to
do the right thing by the horses and
mules which serve them SO faithfully
and which are such essential helpers IN
the doing of the days work, similar
censure is deserved by the stock ra1sers
on the plains for the treatment they ac-
cord their cattle when an unexpected
spell of winter weather overtakes them.
Not a few news items have appeared in
the papers during the past week or so
telling Of the cattle that are snowbound
on many ranges and starving to death
by the thousands because the snow has
effectually covered up even the sparse
fare which manages to keep life IN their
/ bodies when wintry conditions are not
so severe. The man who winters cat
tie on ranges should provide them with
an adequate shelter and feed for all
emergencies. as many of them do. IL
would be cheaper in the long run for
cattle raiser to go to the expense Of do
ing this than to lose thousands and
thousands of dollars through the freez-
ing and starving to death OF hundreds
| of head of cattle.
Proper care of animals in all kinds OF
weather is of great pecuniary benefit to
their owners. Better service is secured
| from the ones used for work and better
beef and mutton is made on those
raised for slaughter. But there are
other and greater rewards for those
who show mercy even unto dunn
brutes. 1t is really the highest type Oh
mercy fer animals which have beer
-subjugated by man have no way OF
helping themselves. And Christ taught
his disciples when they gathered arouno
him in Galilee that blessed are the
mercifuI; for they shall obtain mercy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
KANSAS COAAENT
WHO GETS THE MONEY?

WHO GETS THE MONEY?
Secretary Wilson's investigation,
which shows that the high prices for
meat are not benefiting the farmer as
much as the middleman. Is of great in
terest to the 10000 600 families of this
country who are classed as ultimate
consumers, and his proposal to extend
the investigation to cover the whole
range Of food products. promises to be
even more interesting
In his report last year Mr. Wilson
showed that the average gross profit
OF the retailer of beef was 80 per cent.
This investigation included so cities in
the country. He made 1t plain that the
ultimate consumer paid to the retailer
80 per cent above the cost of the meat
paid by the retailer to the wholesaler.
This made it evident that the high
prices lay between the farmer and the
ultimate consumer: that the niddleuan
got the profit. or most of 1t.
The proposed investigation will throw
light on the much question
OF the increased cost of living. 1t may
not result in the decrease of the cost,
Lut the producer and the ultimate con-
sumer would both feel better If they
knew who got all the profits, and why
the increase is made.
The matter is of the greatest import
ance to the people and 1t will not be
surprising II the government is in some
way forced into an Investigation of
the matter. Every phase of the ques-
t1an--sheuld be investigated and the
people will appreciate alItflat the Sec
rotary Of agriculture can do toward
throwing light on the subject.
The Eagle does not believe that
cry should be raised against the mid
dleman. unless it is conclusively shown
that he is making more than his fair
share of the Understandable Eagle.
%
THE NEW CURRICULUM.
The world is growing better, so it
is only natural that there should come
| improvements in our educationl sys-
tenn, and of this latter improvement
there have been notable examples
during the current school year. In
Chicago, the superintendent has wisely
/ decided that the rudiments of an
| education. the substantial. useful
branches. have been too much neg
| lected, and the three RS are receiving
more of the attention they deserve.
| In New York, there are signs of i'm
provement, but in different direction.
There it is planned to require the stu
dents to make proper grades in physi-
cal condition, care of clothes, clean
! illness of person, ETC., as we'll as in
/ the ordinary branches. Surely, since
health is the most important asset,
and cleanliness is conducive to health,
these matters are as important as the
knowledge of the textbooks. The man
who keeps himself physically "fit'' has
a decided advantage in the battle of
life, and there is no denying that the
man who is careful of his personal ap-
pearance has manv advantages over
| the STANDARDIZATION Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Nothing can compare with the con-
ceit of man. The senior boys at the
University of Missouri are going to
grow whiskers on their faces in order
''to discourage the attentions of the
fair SEX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

This is also the season Of the year
when many baseball players become
afflicted with "megalomania."