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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The man who sleeps all day natur-
ally looks on the dark side OF life.
In counting q girl only an amateur
would carry cigars in HIS pocket.
In pinning her faith to e man. a
woman might utilize one Of those
modern hatpins.
Tomorrow never comes" quoted
a note to meet" added the Simple
Mug.
Wigg-Fruit seems to be very high
$25 for a hat with nothing but a bunch
of grapes on it.
Boreleigh-I am sailing for Europe
next Saturday, to be gone a year.
VIII you come to the pier and say
good-bye2 Miss Caustique-Gladlyl
That new arrival says he is q light
sleeper" said the summer hotel clerk.
I'm glad you told me-" remarked the
proprietor. Charge him extra for
light
Have you any men serving sem
fences for bigamy?" asked the prison
visitor. Lots of them,' replied the
keeper. but We confine them all in
the insane ward"
That old barn of yours is decided
~ picturesque" said the artist. NAV
paint 1T ?" "a leetle paint woufdn'f
do it no harm" replied Farmer Glow
ertop. What do you charge ~
Hoax-Ever have an experience
with highwayman3 Joax-A fell
low once held me up for my watch.
II oax-What did you do? Joax-sirn.
ply passed the time of day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
OUR WANTED CIVILIZATION.

Wealthy, prosperous, progressiveKan-
saa ought to be more civilized. This is
equally true Of others of these United
States. And there Is certainly room
for it in one particular. 1t concerns
the care OF fatherless, or motheriess
children who become public charges, OF
rather the lnhuman methods with which
the parents of such unfortunate chill
dren are treated.
Either the rules Of the existing state
home for orphans, where the children
referred to are admitted under certain
conditions. should be changed, or, II
this is not advisable another state in
stitution should be established where
children with one destitute parent hv-
ing-and in such cases it is generally
the mother-can be kept until such par
ent gets into a position to care for her
children. Then they shoula be turned
over to her.
Present methods Of handling such
cases are little more than barbaric. The
Atchison GLOBE told the other day of
the terrible grief displayed by mother
as ahe signed away all rights to her
children after she had secured their ad-
mission to the orphans home. If q
woman, now left in destitute circum-
stances with a family Of children. finds
it necessary to place them in the state
orphans home, she is compelled to sign
away every vestige Of right she has to
them. Either through marriage or work
she might get into a position to care
properly for her children in two or
three years. If she is that fortunate
she cannot get them back. When she
placed them in the home she gave them
away forever. They are lost to her for
all time. She is not even permitted to
know where they have been adopted
out.
One Of the strong arguments present.
ed against slavery in ante-bellum days
concerned the separation Of the negro
children from their mothers. But the
slave mother was enabled to keep track
Of her children through the bills of sale
for them And 1t was frequently the
case after the slaves had been given
their freedom that the black mothers
traced their children in this fashion and
reassembled their families again.
But the poor, the miserable mother
of today whom misfortune has frowned
upon to such an extent that she is COM
PEELED to make her children a public
charge If they are not to be permitted
to starve to death, hasn't even the ad-
vantages or the opportunity of the slave
mothers of half century ago. They
could at least keep track of their chill
dren If they could not be with them.
And civilization is reported to reign
here these days quite extensively.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
NORFST FIRES.
country

The problem of protecting the for
ests OF the country from fires is re-
cefving considerable attention from
associations Of private owners. associ-
atoms of lumber companies. state for
est wardens and the national govern
ment, and the United States depart
ment of agriculture has just issued
Bulletin 80, forest service. relating to
the subject. 1t shows, writes Joseph,
A. Arnold, editor and chief of the d.
vision of publicity of the federal de-
partment of agriculture. that in spite
of all that has been done. however.
probably so per cent of the private
forests have no adequate system of
protection.
There are three classes of forest
fires: surface fires, which burn the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

surface layer of leaves, dry grass
brush, and small trees; ground fires
burning the deep accumulation of veg
etable mold, and crown fires, which
accompany surface fires and burn the
crowns Of the trees. Surface fires are
the most common and may start under
ordinarily dry conditions. The sever
ity Of the fire, of course depends
largely on the amount of accumulated
leaves and brush and the strength OF
the wind. Surface fires kill seedlings
and young trees, but in many cases dc
not kill the larger trees. Under some
conditions they may kill every thing
in the area which they cover. Ground
fires occur only when the vegetable
mold has become thoroughly dry. They
burn slowly. but with intense heat and
are exceedingly difficult to extinguish.
They have been known to burn all
winter, creeping along under a deep
layer of snow. Ground fires usually
destroy all trees, killing the tissues OF
the roots, and the trees DIE ana are
blown down. Crown fires almost in
variably accompany surface fires and
occur only when the woods are very
dry and there Is q high wind. Usually
all trees are killed. Sometimes. how
ever, where there are great many hard
woods in mixture with coniferous
trees. single trees or groups OF trees
may escape injury.
AS the value Of lumber and of the
forests increases and the necessity of
protecting them from fires as far as
possible become appreciated, the own
ers and the different organizations
controlling the forests are using every
means Of securing them against de-
struction Of a thorough patrol system.
organized fire-fighting squads with
tools and equipment for extinguishing
fires located at accessible points, by
constantly warning the public against
the careless use of fire, and by every
other available means. The number
of forest guards on the national for
ests in Inadequate for the work, in
some cases a single man having the
responsibility OF protecting 100000
acres, whereas, in most places, there
should be at least one guard for every
10000 acres. Prussia has a guard for
every 1,70o acres.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The peaches with the prettiest skins
are not always the best to eat.
:: X
There Is also this to be thankful for:
The picnic season is about over.
\ \
Most of the people who look run
down did not get that way from work
ing.
Persons who are strong on ideas
generally lack the power or other
necessary things to put them in execu-
ton.
Few boys ever make a kick about
running errands for neighbors, but it's
different when their own folk call on
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
APPLAUSE FOR CUBA.

The insular government of Cuba,
with the adjournment of its congress.
has escaped a peril greater than that
of an Instruction by Matchmaking
politicians. or even than an outbreak
of yellow fever, now happily elimi-
mated. 1t was moral scourage that
threatened the Pearl of the Antilles. -
and it was planned by a greedy syndi-
cate of wicked and inscriptions
Americans.
Knowing the inherited Latin passion
for gambling. these enterprising men
sought a franchise to erect palace Of
chance in or near Havana. They
wished to create a Monte Carlo right
next door to the United States. 1t is
to be regretted that these adventurous
freebooters are said to be American
citizens. This country, through gov
eminent agents and teachers, has for
several years persistently preached in
Cuba and to Cubans the doctrines of
both physical and moral cleanliness.
r'ae Cubans may differ with American
ideas to certain social conventions, but
they have learned to appreciate the
Importance, even in the commercial
aspect, Of good health. 1t can be no
cause of pride that now Cubans are
called upon to resist an invasion of
American gamblers. The consolation
is that these freebooters are not rep
resentative and that good Cubans will
have applause almost unanimous from
this country in their efforts to keep
them out.-Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

/ Subscribers OF the state Journal
away during tho summer may have
THE paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address At the rate OF ten cents
b week or thirty cents q month (by
mail only.) Address changed a. often
ins desired. While out Of town the
state journal win be to you like n
daily letter from home.
Advance payment r. requested on
Dkhese short time subscriptions. 60 save
LbookIEeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
HU4oR or TIE Day

Little Eddie-say. pa, do political enc
miles belong to different parties? Pa.No.
m my t SON a they belong to News
The Secret piscoversdsTorn Child
c Mhats shsa I tey starf fhs winds, SUPP
pose7-Lustige Blaetter.
o srq y;., has wissd me t. , ssns him ,. Y
it?'' NO, that Isn't n: but can't re-
member whsther he favors Scotch or
Rich MAXWELL what is the result7
secretary.our sdyersisirg cneisss ~ nf sse
Go1dbrick Mining company and say that
It shows about per cent traces Of veraei-
ty.-Puck.
a hair. "shucks." he cried. my buttons
hans NAV n pe lnar Ha aof he %ns
New York Sun.
She (poutingl To-day am q and you
Of ft the day. HeeNo; don't you 2ink VOWS
sfa sss1ni sRsasa az sa
Don't you think it foolish for a country
battIeship?'' ''Tm not in q position to be
critical. Fact is, j. just bought an autono-
bile myself. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Newed-Oh, John, baked a cake
this morning and set 1t on the window
sill, and tramp came along and stole It.
! feel like crying. Newed-Oh, don't cry.
One tramp less In the world doesn't mat
ter.-Chfcago News.
Young sparker-Bobby. tell me (hsnding
him sixpence). how many Fellows have
Le = see sse@iour TINS Mssk DOESN'T inoide
me, does it7" mo; I heard SIS say You
don't count Scraps.
IT will say this for your place." remarks
the newly arrived scientist, ut IL thor
oughly disinfected by natural means
tainiy.. Burning sulphur is q simple means
Of sanfdzing. "-Chicago Post.
Paterna1 Goodness.-'T cannot under
stand" wrote the college boy, why you
call yourself a kind father. For three
weeks I've had NO check from you Pray,
what sort of kindness do you call that?''
kindness. August Lppincott's.
Rollingstone Nomoss-wot does "super-
fluous'' mean? Tatterdon lorna bath
robe an cake of soap.-Philadelphia
Record.
Education is the continuance by means
of which we manage to make our ignor.
ance more and more vartesated.-Puck.
When did you commit your firse fatal
to my wages as my salary. And when
did you perpetrate this latest folly?' 'The
day my wife called my salary my in
come ''-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFro,n the New York Press.l

From the New YOrk PreSS.J
Next to a lecture advice is about the
most useless thing.
Not only is marriage gamble. but
it's On very slim margin.
Some people seem to get their only
fun out of spelling other folks.
The pessimist doesn't wait for pow
erty to come in at the door. He runs
to meet 1t.
II q man found q 1niliion dollars he'd
find the same number of relatives the
very next minute.
When q man is trying to take a nap
and the flies bother him be can't get
half as mad with them as he can with
his wife about It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.

from the Atchison Globe.1
An old man loves rules as much as
a boy hates them.
Missourians fight for their opinions:
Kansans argue. fe
K There is such a thing as having more
perseverance than sense.
Fever time yourself, and see howlong
it takes you to tell your list Of wrongs?
Men are abused n good deal; still.
ell of them are better than their nat
ural instincts.
Every man is secretly convinced that
he does more for his town than the
town does for him.
If a woman tells you goodby in .
hurry, she wasn't very glad to see you
come in the first place
'I am willing for any man to take
a vacation If am not compelled to
&c his work while he Is away."-Parson
Irvine.
There is no kind of defeat that hurts
as badly as political defeat; man feels
as if, it is hurniliating him before his
children.
When a man is invited out to din
ner he has his best time at the table,
but a woman has her best time in tell
ing about it next day.
If girl is as modest as a violet
should be, she screams with aStOnish-
II ent and falls off her chair when told
that the woman next door, and whom
she has seen every day, has a new
baby.
No honest politician will argue that
he has his friends. anyway, and that
it is his duty to give his patronage to
enemies. ard make new support.
Rogues dc, this sort Of thing, but hon
est men never do.
Every day the Globe prints a line
across the top of its front page. (And
it's a fool trick, because ii is hard TO
get line of the right length every
per are 10 cents a line, and nervy
advertiser wanted that line for 10 cents.
After a woman has been married
Is years, a promise made by a man
causes her to sniff and try to break the
Promises my husband has made me-
she begins-and then words fail. she
gives violent tug BIT the strap, breaks
loose, and runs away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

United States. Evidently Mr.. Borassa
does not take very seriously the ter
ribly" unfavorable conditions which
prevail in this country as they are be-
Ing exploited by many men who have
the gift Of CAB and little else. No
intelligent man of Mr.. Borassa's stand
ing would think Of urging the annexa-
ton of his country to this country II
the conditions here were as bad as
some people try to paint them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
So the sultan Of sulu, who is

So the sultan of Sulu, who is on his
way for a visit in the United States.
would like to get an American girl for
a wife. Well, the sultan of Sulu has
his nerve with him. And while a
number of American girls have been
foolish enough to barter themselves
for titles, it is scarcely possible that
any one of them will show any anxiety
to share the burders of the royal
household of Sulu with the fourteen
other wives who are now on the job.
Still, one never can tell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

Another expedition has returned
after an unsuccessful attempt to scale
the dizzy heights of Mt. Mckinley. It's
members also report that the feat DR..
Cook says he performed is an impos-
sible one. Well, let It go at that.
There are few more important things
in the world to worry about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

Jessie Morrison is reported to be in
failing health. Considering all the
circumstance in her case aud the i'm
iportant fact that she waa once SEN
fenced TO states prison for. lesser
term than she is now serving, it
would seem that one of several of the
pardons which have been granted in
fthe past few years. might more proper
lay have been given to this woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
KANSAS COAAENT
WINNING A LosINc RACE.

WINNING A LOSING RACE
This matter of being on the winning
side is overestimated.
The winning side does not always win.
If in winning one race a man spoils
his chances for winning better. races.
isnt the winning OF one particular race
SO costly that it's winning is an actual
loss?
When boys choose sides for q snow
ball war. it will be noticed that some
OF the boys hang back to the last min
ute in order to get on the stronger side.
They want to be with the fellows who
are most likely to temporarily conquer.
Rut II the smaller army the so-called
weak army. puts I'D such a fight that
1t almost beats the fellows who out
number them. who is It that the next
day can come pretty near to picking
and choosing the s"men" It wants-and
surely wins?
Two boys leave their country homes
and go to the city. One of them en-
lists in the army of money chasers and
grows rich-but at the expense Of
health and friendships. The other takes
more moderate course, secures mod
est income, marries, rcars children, does
much useful work on the East Side. say
and has thousands of friends among
the sick and poor. Who is the actual
winner in this case?
Anyhow, winning, either in the snow
ball war or in the chase for dollars,
tends to sour its own fruits. Battles
won by unfair methods cause pin-pTfcks
in the thickest hides. Too much win
ming makes a man conceited, arrogant.
Arrogance is never happy.-Wichita
Beacon. s4s4--- 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

Newspaper correspondents in Swift
zerland are decidedly derelict in their
duty. They have failed to report, as
yet, just what the Duke of Abruzzi
and Miss Katherine Elkins had to eat
when they took dinner together the
other evening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
ERON OTHER PENS

MAKE YOUR VACATION COUNT.
Your vacation comes but once a year.
1t Is short. a week, ten days or fort
night. 1t is all you have. Make 1t
count Plan it. Do not leave it to
accident Do not let it go until the
last moment. Take as much pains and
forethought with your vacation as your
work. 1t is worth while with the only
free time you have in the year.
Your family or a special circle Of
friends may decide where you go. But
wherever you go learn all you can
about the place. Look up it's history.
Find what there is there Do not try
to Go too much. Lay out. your time.
know where you are going, what you
are going to do, and what you are to
spend. Many a man comes back from
a vacation having spent enough to have
a good time and not had 1t, because
he had not planned clearly, closely and
we'll SO
can make a trip of it, make it one that
tells. The man who gives each vaca-
ton in seeing some new place or region
In each vacation. ever If it is only a
week or ten days, at the end of ten
years will have covered a wide range
of travel. Railroad fares cost, but the
man who economies at other points
can see much on a small sum. Planning,
saving me ney and econornizing will
make vacation count, and the man
who does this will be amazed how much
education and training he has given
himself by making his vacation count.
Philadelphia Press
HELPING YOUNG WAGE FARMERS
John Arbuckle, a wealthy citizen of
New York, recently established a float
ing hotel for the accommodation of
young men and women who are work
ing on small salaries. A nominal
charge Is made for board and lodging.
The sum is large enough to meet ex-
penses and small enough to be in
reach of young people whose incomes
are slender. The floating hotel ac-
commodities 100 guests, and 1t has
been filled to capacity since its es-
Enlistment.
the result of the venture that he is
to try new enterprise along a Diff
ferent line. He is the owner of an
500 acre farm on Lake Mohonk,. and
he has decided to turn the farm into a
summer resort for breadwinners. He
will supply board and lodging at So
week for women and 81 a week for
men. The farm, as he describes it in
an advertisement in a New York pa
to spend summer vacation. 1t has
go miles of mountain roads, the f1n-
est in America: it has "acres of gar
dens'' and 5000 rose bushes in
bloom; it has an abundance of veg
etables" and so cows. Then there are
golf links and tennis courts and
bathing and fishing in the river which
runs through the farm" All this lad
joining the sands of Lake Mohonk,
week. Can you beat it?-Louisville
Courier Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

Wisconsin has followed the lead of
Kansas and abolished the use Of COM
mon and public drinking cups on rail-
road trains. And some had an idea at
first that this activity of Kansas Dor
5dered on the freak" variety. AS a
matter of fact. it is one of the many
sensible things that Kansas has done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

Society at Newport is all agog. Mrs.
James B. Haggin gave party in the
mecca of the idle rich the other night.
The piece de resistance on the bill of
fare was dance by the Countess
Thamara de Swisky. She was CARRIED
like bat and pirouetted around in
her bare feet. It is safe to be that
the countess was born and reared on
the East side of New York or the
north shore OF Hoboken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
RuuIERs

When I'm sitting in the glitter of an up
to-date cafe,
plate,
My fancy Oft goes roaming to q world
beyond Broad
Where O'clock at nights considered
late.
see coy kitchen. and I smell the
boiling lard.
And ]. watch the dough cut into floury
strips,
And twisted into figures that to make
looks very hard
Ere each into the bubbling caldron f1ips.
My mouth begins to water as they bob
around the pot,
And. acquire a shade of brown exactly
right;
TIN they're lifted out unbroken to the
pan, all smoking hot,
And ready for an epicure's delight.
On, ambrosia and nectar, and the wine
OF honey dew,
All tabled more or less In classic story.
Are not In 1t for minute with the cake
my childhood knew,
The crisp, old-fashioned cruller in its
-Ninna Irving. In Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

In one of the Kansas state hospitals
for the insane it is estimated that so
per cent of the inmates became insane
from hereditary causes. In other
states where prohibition does not pre-
vail a majority of the cases of insanity
rs traced directly to booze. and in
sanity cases in such states are more
numerous proportionately than they
are in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

New York Democrats seem to be
seriously considering the tender of
their nomination for the governorship
NO Mayor Gaynor. It would appear
4hat Mr.. Gaynor is more needed in his
present position, where he is per
Forming such a signal service, than in
4he New York gubernatorial chair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

T. r. may heed a call in 1912, say
the newspapers in flaring headlines.
Maybe 1t will be another call of the
wilds." There is plenty of exciting
big game hunting in other sections of
the world besides Africa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

she leaned against him. and hid her
face in his coat, and cried as any
weak woman might And when he
whispered. will You be my wifeE
she murn1ured, at is what have
wanted all these years. Gabriel: 1t u
what have wanted ali these years.
-(Copyrighted, 1910. by Associated
Literary Press,)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

Preparations for the big state fair
10 be held here next month are pro-
Fgressing with leaps and bounds. But
has any one thought of holding a con-
ference with the weather man? A
select committee should wait on him
and insist that he serve up the only
Kind of weather for the occasion which
iERiu he annreciated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22

"By the way" asks the Chicago
Record Herald. els it possible to play
golf In Esperanto7" Foolish question.
There are no cuss words in Esperanto.
1t is as pure as it is peculiar.