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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
AYHAWKER. JOTS

1t occurs to the Howard Courant that
it's hard to see the faint on the money
we accumulate.
The time is close at hand, says the
Hutchinson News, for the annual -riv-
airy between Kansas counties to see
which can use the most harvest hands.
Who OF that vast throng that love,
i've and laugh and weep today, will
be hero when the comet comes back Il
years hence? asks tho El Dorado Re-
publican.
Not enough advertising in the paper
this week, complained the Garden City
Telegram, to feed a grasshopper on
buttermflk and cheese and for bed
in the weeds.
Democratic presidential possibility
that has been shghted by the Com
money, notes the Wichita Beacon and
II adds: Editor Bryan has outlined to
each of the others what they must do
or prepare to stand aside.'"
Not only the best wheat but some of
the best corn in Kansas this year is
growing west of the middle line of the
state, reports the Hutchinson News.
ana 1t wasn't so many years ago that
that portion of Kansas was a part of
the Great American Desert.
A few years ago singing schools
were common, says Lawrence Jour
IL
Then they went out of fashion. The
other day we heard of one and were
told that they showed signs of reviv-
ing. 1t is to be hoped they will. Along
with them should be revivals.
Il have a well-grounded conviction -
the Newton Journal quotes Squire
thrifty as saying. that the finest as
sortment of crowns and the most tune
full harDs will be reserved up there for
the plain, honest, common plug citi-
zen who attends to his own business
and refrains from posing in front of
the spot light"
The Arkansas City Traveller predicts
far in his campaign to teach Kansas
housewives how to make coffee. The
Traveller says: THE coffee, Just like
mother used to make is not up to
snuff in the opinion of the secretary
of the Kansas state boar dof health.
He il going to teach the cooks a thing
or two. In the first place the coffee
which we have been drinking for sew
eral generations past is not fit to fat
ten porkers. 1t is barbarous to steep
coffee for half an hour before break
fast, it is worse to boil the coffee at
all. Such methods only produce a
wash filled with bacteria, and causes
collie. The proper way. the civilized
way. is to boil the water first, then
pour it over the coffee grounds for
exactly seven minutes, no more, no
less; then you have a perfect coffee.
We are not going to undertake the
task of showing our wife how to make
coffee, and the man who invades the
kitchen of the Kansas housewife, to
show her how to make perfect coffee,
has our sympathy. Before the process
is over he is liable to think that his
wife mistook him for the coffee. How
ever, we will offer no objections to the
learned secretary of the Kansas State
Board of Health undertaking the task.
He will probably not get beyond the
first attempt"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

when what is believed to be a perfect
development may be superseded by
something entirely different and very
much more desirable.
The art of street car propulsion IL
Illustrates in most significant manner
the evolution of industry and invention
which renders obsolete in few years
what has required the expenditure of
millions of dollars to develop. Endless
cables for propelling street cars were
in vogue but a few years ago, and on
the strength Of the apparent value of
the cable system millions of dollars
were invested In plants and machinery
for producing the cables. pulleys, driv-
ing drums, conduit Jokes, grips, ETC..
required in such system. Within a
period of ten years all Of this special
machinery and thousands of tons of
castings became obsolete and fit only
for the scrap heap"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
THE REAL AIRsHIP.

Sensational, thrilling and record
breaking performances Of daring avia-
tors in aeroplanes have been rather
common Of late. They have told of
the realization of mans dream for
years, as long, almost, as there have
been men, to conquer the air. But
| by far the most momentous accom-
plishment in the field of aviation that
has yet been brought about is the trip
that was made on Wednesday by one
Of the marvellous ships of the air
which have been built by Count Yep
| pelin.
He has succeeded in placing air
/ travel on a commercial basis. He has
proved, it would seem conclusively,
that the carrying of passengers and
freight, as well, although the latter
activity will of necessity be too costly
to be popular for long time, is en-
tirely feasible. With an airship of
enormous proportions, equipped with
all of the modern conveniences for
travel on the sumptuous railroad
trains and steamships of the day, he
carried twenty passengers a distance
of 800 miles in nine hours, or at a
rate of speed about equal to that made
by most of the passenger trains which
travel between Topeka and Kansas
City.
1t is difficult to contemplate such a
spectacle as a wondrous aircraft of
this type would make, rushing through
the air under perfect control at the
rate of a railroad train. 1t is really
! difficult to appreciate the accomplish
ment, this speedy and safe transpor-
tation of passengers amid all kinds of
comfortable and convenient surround
ings through channels that have here
| tofore only been open to a flock of
birds. These things rather stagger the
imagination. But they are a fact, new
| ertheless,
And it is reasonable to assume that
the day is not far distant when lines
OF airships will be in regular operation
between the larger cities of all coun-
| tries, and possibly between ports on
either side of the oceans. The aero
planes are wonderful machines, but
1t would appear that the most val
liable of the airship inventions of last
few years are the dirigibles of Yep
pelin type, which have been perfected
and developed to a degree of useful
ness that was scarcely dreamed of
| when they were first launched on their
| experimental flights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
Fnpipeering and Reclamation.

To give a clear conception of the
achievement of the engineer In the
reclamation of arid lands for crop pro-
duction some statistics should be noted
of the great scope Of the series OF
projects. Nearly eight years have
passed since the United States went in
to the business of turning the water
upon the land, and up to date it has
spent s4S,O00,OOO. This money has
been invested in % projects, mean
ing dams, reservoirs, canals, machin-
cry, and the pay roll of the $4,000
workers in the irrigation service, from
the engineers who surveyed the riv--
ers and lakes, estimated the flow of
water, and planned the works, to the
dollar a day man, who fills the hun
dred miles of canal, serving a thou
sand acres, merely by twisting the
wheel valve that lifts the water gate.
Sixteen large rivers and seven lakes
have been restrained to supply water
to the arid lands in their vicinity, and
at the present time 100000 acres
or reclaimed desert are being titled
and supporting $4,000 people.-D. A.
Wiley, in Casters Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

You should keep to the case" kind
ly advised the court
thanks There were the signs Of
no tr~spass and yet this man"
counsel. while many spectators laugh.
ed.
THE guilty party, SIR" replied Paul
with all proper austerity.
But let me explain that there is no
man under summons" said his honor.
Can you be thinking of another case?
There was more laughter, and poor
Paul realized that something had hap
pened to the machinery to stop the
boat.
ITS womanr' whispered a man be-
hind him.
TITS a girl" whispered another.
TITS that staving looking girl in front
of you," whispered third.
Your honor, was led to believe that
ruffian had been trampling on the
law" said Paul. as he looked around
in helpless way.
mo. The summons was for Miss
Katherine Lacy, and she's here in
court. I haven't heard anything Of a
ruff1an."
"But-but-" persisted Paul, as he
saw the defendant at last and noted
the fact that she was one of the best
looking girls he had ever seen.
my client pleads not guilty" said
the opposing counsel "She will admit
being on the lake in a boat at various
times, and of fishing for fish, but she
denies catching any. She also denies
that she is ruffan. If my learned
brother on the other side wishes to go
ahead with the case"
But how can II" asked Paul in a
helpless way. "I was prepared to
prosecute a black-bearded ruffian who
was trampling the law under foot. but
here / find"
"a young lady who hasn't been
trampling.'' finished his honor. II
think it would be well for the COM
plainant and defendant to walk over to
that window together and see if some
amicable understanding cannot be ar
rived att
Miss Lacy rose up with mischief in
her eyes and walked, and the blush
ing young attorney could do no less
that follow her. There wasn't much
conversation after reaching the win
dow. He said:
my dear Miss Lacy, beg your par
don a thousand times over"
Don't mention it,
eff I had known"
But you didn't"
But you may catch every fish in
the lake"
Thanks"
All that was left was to Withdraw
the case and take the raillery in good
part OF course, the young limb of the
law found his way over to the camp
and of course he was Hospitality re-
ceived, and before the camping season
was over-well, the "ruffian" and tho
lawyer were engaged to be married.
Copyrighted, 1910, by Associated Lit
erary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
A GAGE MEMORIAL.

No appeal has ever been made to
Topekans which should meet with a
more hearty response than the sug-
gestion that a suitable memorial to
the donors of this magnificent pleasure
ground be erected at its entrance.
Cages park is one of the largest as
sets Of the city of Topeka 1t is a tri-
fic far removed from the present cen
ter of population, but will be brought
nearer when street railway connec-
tions are made. Eventually, as Topeka,
like all other cities have the habit of
doing and as she is doing now, grows
cut to the west, it will only be on the
outskirts of the city. just where big
and serviceable park should be. And
there is nothing that a city needs
more than just such parks as these.
And, again, If there is any city of the
size of Topeka tina: has such public
park within its reach, it has not been
discovered as yet, at least, in this sec
ton of the country.
Although the city has spent con-
siderable sum of money in developing
this park, it never would have been in
existence had it not been for the
rnunificence of the late Mr.. g. G. Gage.
that it will were it not for the desires
and the generosity Of his widow. Even
on her bed of pain, she apparently has
no thoughts except those which relate
to the lettering Of the conditions of
her fellow cityens.
Such public spiritedness should at
least be met with a mere but timely
and lasting appreciation on the part
of the people of the whole city. That
all the proposed memorial is going 20
be. Its intrinsic value won't be much.
1t simply concerns the placing of a
bronze tablet in a huge boulder which
nature has conveniently located near the
entrance of the park. The cost of the
whole thing is going to be trifiing. The
associate values, however, are the
things which count in undertakings of
this kind. Small and almost incense
| quential in its way, as compared with
the park itself and with what Mrs.
Gage and her husband have done for
Topeka. it will be an enduring test1-
mony of Topekans thankfulness. Isn't
that worth while? Isn't that worth
subscribing for?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
THE LONG LANE

All through the summer night, down the
long lane in flower
The moon-white lane.
All through the summer nivtt-<7iy. az a
shower,
Glimmer and fade the Twain:
over the cricket hosts throbbing the hour
by hour,
Young voices bloom and wane.
Down the long lane They go, and pas,
one window pale
81 with visions silver-blurred;
surfing the heart that waits-the eyes
that fall
After a spring deferred
query, and hush, and Ah.-din through
moonlit veil
The same one word.
Down the long lane entwined with all
the fragrance there;
With youth and plighted hands and star
Strewn air,
And muted Thee" and ''Thou:'-
All the wild bloom and reach of dreams
that never were,
Never to be now.
So, in the throbbing dark where GIBBS the
old refrain,
A starved heart hears
And silver bright. and silver blurred again
with moonlight and with tears
All the long night They go, down the long
summer lane,
The long, long years.
josephine Preston Peabody, in Scribner's
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
QUAKER MEDTTATIONS.

TFrom the philadelphia Record.1
A bad man sometimes delivers the
goods
The college graduate now comes
down to earth.
Anybody can lay a carpet, but it
takes a hen TO lay an egg.
Some men are almost as unreliable
as a summer resort booklet.
Things really only come our way
when we make Up our minds to go
after them.
BIobbs-"That fellow Guzzler is GER
tainly a prune" Slobbs-"Yes, gem
orally a stewed prune."
Some fellows seem to lose sight of
the fact that it's the night before that
makes the morning after.
Don't you just love art?" gurgled
the Boston maid. art who?" de-
manded the girl from. Chicago.
No, Maude, dear; it isn't patriotism
that prompts a person to wear a Union
suit on the Fourth of July.
Hallroom-"The 1andlady called
that thing we had for dinner pigeon
potpie." Starboarder-'I wonder where
she got the clay pigeons"
Scribbler-'T got a check for SO
this morning for that article of mine
on how to live on 1 5 cents a day."
Scrawler-"Ther, you can lend me 81.
can't you?" Scribbler-"Sorry. old
man, but I blew 1t all in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.]

[From the Atchison Globe.
Your best friends talk about your
at times; don't expect anything else.
Men of real genius are so rare that
many regard them as either fools or
thieves.
When you abuse your opposition a
good deal, people know your oppose
ton is making Roadway.
Teach your children to be fair. There
is nothing in this world more impor-
tant than fairness.
Probably this expression is used
oftener by people than any other:
Everything is blamed on me-
We are tired having people claim to
be younger than they are, and expect
ing us to tell the truth about our age.
A visiting girl rarely comes home
without Dragging on the superiority
of the young men in the town she
visited.
"I don't know much, but, when my
liver wears out, from long use and old
age. I'll know doctor can't fix It,
Parson Irvine.
If we had our way-which, by the
way, we have not, never have had, and
never will have-many people now at
liberty would be in jail.
CT don't amount to much" Doc
Robinson said recently. "but I can
shave, and dress up. and look as well
as anybody, in a photograph"
There are all kinds of spins: one
kind says dreamily, ANY woman on
earth could marry if she WANTS to-
Another kind says, vindictively. "I
would not marry the BEST MAN on
earthi"
There are two things that even you
should know, for certain: that a for
tune teller can't tell your fortune, and
that a medium" can't bring your dead
kin back to talk with you by means
of raps.
Two little boys were quarreling re-
Gently Hit me again. said the
smaller of the two, ''and you know
what you are" Don't call me that"
the larger boy said, bristling up. 81
didn't say you WERE" the little boy
said: ST said If you hit me again, you
knew what you were.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
PATENT LAWS AND MoNoPoLIEs

Discussing the patents system and sit
uation in the United States in the july
Popular Mechanics, H. H. Windsor
says:
THE provisions of foreign patent laws
which forfeit a patent unless the in
vention is manufactured and offered for
sale within a certain specified time
work hardship in many cases where
the inventor is financially unable to
make OF market his device or machine,
ard is unsuccessful in securing the nee
essary financial backing to do so. Such
laws cater to the power of wealth and
make it possible for those controlling
certain lines of manufacture to with
hold their approval Of a patented in
vention so that the inventor cannot
successfully market or finance his I'M
dertaking; and then when his patent
has expired because of his failure to
manufacture and sell, these interested
parties will come in and take advan-
tage OF this condition and thereby get
the benefit of the improvement without
compromising the inventor.
ut is true that under our law pat
ents lend themselves to the creation
and maintenance of monopolies, but
under the the most favorable circum-
stances these monopolies are short
lived. rarely extending beyond the II
years term Of the original patent In
many industries large sums of money
must be spent in perfecting and COM
T1ercially exploiting the invention, and
the risk attending this is sometimes
very great. as the investor never knows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. ]


Don't throw kisses. my boy; deliver
them in person.
Lowering the gas makes the world
brighter-to lovers.
Some men are like eggs-too full Of
themselves for anything else.
A man is never so easily deceived
as when he is trying to deceive others.
A woman can stand lot of suffer
ing If she doesn't have to keep quiet.
Size yourself lid as others do and
you'll find that you don't amount to so
much.
Occasionally girl marries a man
merely because some other girl wants
him.
A blase man has reached the limit
when he no longer thinks his own
Jokes funny.
A rich mans children seem to think
it is up to them to make noise in the
world.
Girls don't take much interest in
pugilism, but they will continue to
train for the engagement ring.
Diplomacy is the art of making 9TH
ers believe you are interested in them,
when in reality they make you weary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Some women never stop giving or
ders-even on-their death beds.
X X
People who are loud of voice never
seem to have much luck getting there.
X X x
Numberless women are satisfactory
to men, but few men are satisfactory
to women.
In establishing his sphere many a
man is inclined to get it mixed up
with the earth.
y X
One of the things that cannot be
rectif1ed Immediately is the cutting of
hair too short by a barber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

Nine. Nordica has blossomed out as
sufragette. AS she has always been
the whole works during her three
matrimonial adventures. it is hard to
H unoerstano Just what further rights
NINE Nordfca could desire 1t would
appear to a casual observer that afte-
three different men have been known,
one at time, as "Mr Nine Nordica"
the Madame had little left to wish.
The state board of control renorts
that "a county jails are without pris-
oners. If the officials Of these "a coun-
ties are really suffering for the want of
prisoners. they can, by comforting pri-
vately with nearly any citizen of their
several oailiwicks, secure a cohice list
or persons who really ought to be in
Jail.
This is a sad blow for thu followers
OF beer as cooling beverage. Half a
drinks In one day-also in Chicago
ana the brewers got only half of it.
Inc rest was spent on just soda water.
Regardless of the ARRANGEMENTS. it
is generally understood that Teddy, ST.,
was the best man at the wedding.
Let's see. wasn't it at Carson City
that the Hon. Corbett got his on q GER
tam saint Patrick's day about Is years
la Sherlock: Carson Is no good place
Tor champion who desires to hold his
job. By all means. take 1t to Reno.
But, come to think of 1t, Reno is a
great divorce resort. Perhaps there is
some significance in that Maybe its
separating influence applies to cham
pionship titles as well as wives?
1t may be gathered from dispatches
that the wedding bells rang out It
was bunch of Rough Riders who
were rung in.
Roosevelt's Office Is on the seventh
floor, and he has announced that he
VIII see no callers during Office hours.
lnsistent callers. therefore. are offered
the choice of seven different fire es-
capes to be thrown from
| The T. R. craze having partially sub
sided, we are constrained to offer
something of pastoral nature in the
way Of
OUR DAILY CLASSIC.
Fancy in Nubibus."-S T. Colerige,
| Oh, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease
To sit upon muddy bank and fish
To bait your hook with antiquated
cheese
Or any other Wand that the fish may
| wish.
But pleasanter would be the sport in
truth,
If one might catch a fish on every
trip,
Instead of feeding him the bait, for
sooth,
And catching nothing but the chiIls
| or grippe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
HUNOR OF THE Day

Your wife looks charming tonight Mr..
Blinkers,'' remarked the hostess at the
reception. Her new costume simply, beg
as to that rejoined Blinkers. but it al
most beggared me."-Chicago News.
with that school teacher?'' asked the
friend. IF 1 failed to show UP. at her
bring a written excuse signed by NV
mother. "-Woman's Home Companion.
But those extremely violent women lun-
atics-how do you manage to keep them
so quiet?' That's an idea OF the new
the hes straightjackets made UP in the peek
a-boo style. Puck.
so you are going to housekeeping as
soon as you're married? I thought you
had made up your mind to board" Yes"
but George is equally determined to have
going to keep house in order to please
George?" mo. I'm going to keep house
so that George will be glad to board
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Have you heard of the civil service ex-
animation for ambassadors? ?" inquired the
No" replied the man next the car win
dow. Il haven't heard Of 1t. Are they
exam 3st sns e% 1usston Sv 9 9hs ask
ton? What's that?" Are you a multi
millionaire and . free spender ?'"-Cieve-
1T thought I overheard you and your
wife Quarreling little while ago. What
was the troubie7" she brought home q
new hat, and after putting it on she turn
ed to me and said she didn't believe it
was becoming" "WelI?" 81 agreed with
her"-Chicago Record Herald.
A rooster would be entitled to more
credit for rising early IL he didn't crow
about it.-Puck.
Caller-Is Mrs. Browne at home? Art
less Parlor Maid (smiling confidentially)-
No, ma am-she really Is out this after
noon.-Punch.
MRS. Neurich has no idea as to how to
treat her interiors" We'll. you must re-
member that it's only been a few months
that she's had any."-Cleveland Leader
Mistress-I never allow more than two
nights out week. Isn't that enough
Colored Maid-No'm, Use afraid 1t amt
You see, TE0 debutante this year.-Lifa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
20 any address at the rate of ten cents
week or thirty cents a month (by
mail onIy.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State Journal will be to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

The'time limit for the filing of nomi-
nation papers with the secretary Of
state on the part OF those who wish to
participate in the August primaries has
expired. And there appears to be can
didates a-plenty for each and every
ONCE, as we'll as a few superfiuous ones
IN aorna instances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

As the national conference of gov
ernors meets again on November 20
Of this year, it will probably be pos
aible for a few men to attend it who
would not have that privilege as gov
errors II the meeting were not to be
held until few weeks after that date.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

So Margaret Ellington is going to re-
turn to the stage. Presumably she has
discovered that "domesticity, home life,
children and the darning of socks" has
anything but a tendency to keep one
in the lirnelipht