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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
QUAKER AfEpIrAT1oNs.

GFrom the Philadelphia Record
A lock that should never be boltcd In
wedlock.
The prettier a girl is the less she be-
lieves that love is blind.
Paradoxical as IL may seem, q man may
make money when he fails to get rich.
Blobbs-'Do you believe in dreams?''
Slobbs-"Only the ones that come true
The devil generally uses attractive bait.
but he can catch some people with a bare
hook.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
especially when we view the people we
don't like.
The fellow who is satisfied to wait for
something to turn up generally lodges it
when 1t comes.
There isn't much choice between the vo-
man who makes cutting remarks and the
one who looks daggers.
The foreigners who come over here and
marry our heiresses are really rob,ine
the United States males.
The shabby Individual who boasts that
he can rise superior to his clothes doesn' (
have to work very hard to do It.
The confidence man is the one person
In the world who doesn't realize that we
can get too much of a good thing.
Life is fun Of ups and downs" quoted
the Wise Guy Yes, put up with
what we get and plank down for ft's
added the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
THE nGH-HEELED BOOTS.

He stands upon the city street. keen eyed
and brown of face
He seems to bring breath OF air fron,
some broad prairie space;
He's perched upon q pair Of heels that fit
the stirrup's curve,
That meet the bucking broncho's plunge
and counterfeit each swerve;
ana or all the chaps with whom the gods
are ever in cahoots
Give me the cattle Duncher In the high
heeled boots
He brings a hint of wider skies. of ranges
that are vast,
Of manful vigils in the DAYS when
sweeps the wintry blast;
All out of step with things in town h
sees the crowd surge by:
The sage is in his nostrfls stfIl, he hears
the gaunt wolf cry:
He rides as Alexander rode, the bell rings
when he shoots 'o~
The gallant cattle puncher in the hieh
heeied boots. -"
He is the last OF that old guard defend.
ing cattle land,
THOSE knights who jousted for the eauso
blood brothers of the brand.
But now theyve fenced the water ho1e
they're narrowing the plain 'te'
Iney re changing all the sage 1,,,,~..
flats to fields of waving grain. -"
The cowmen will be gone. they saw an,s
there are no recruits .'t'
Good-bys brave cattle puncher In a.
high heeled boots - ens
Chapman, in the Denver Repuh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[F'rom the Chicago News.J
It's easy to be cheerful giver-theo-
retically.
Everybody appreciates goodness-if it's
the real thing.
Get a move on you in the right direc-
ton, then keep going.
The hero in q novel is the only man
who always makes good
Time must be money when q man pays
the penalty by doing time.
Some liars are so interesting that we
are sorry when we can't believe them
Few men appreciate freedom until they
view it from the other Side OF the bars.
You may have noticed that people with
big hearts usually have small pocket
books.
The limit of satisfaction has been reach
ed when you beat the other fellow at his
own game.
When man fails in all his undertake
ings he blames his parents for the way
they brought him Up.
Things you pay for are seldom as good
as they might be, but those you get free
are apt to be worse.
The trouble with trouble is that it usual
~ swoops down on us before We have q
chance to sidestep It.
Sit down and wait for things to come
your way and the first thing that comes
will be the wagon to haul you on to the
county infirmary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
KANSAS CONTENT

MANS PARTICULAR OFFENSE.
Always you hear that woman has no
reanzatlon of the exigencies of bust
ness: By woman is meant, she whose
curriculum includes only such topics as
PICKING baking, sweeping, busting,
Wasnlng, ironing, scrubbing, mending,
lne pest remedy for burns, and the
surest way to remove stains from the
table linen
The minute details necessary in keep
ing the running gear oiled, would alb
solutely Stagger the manly soul of a
Napoleon Of Finance, and reduce any
lesser male mentality to gibbering in
competency
The particular nature of Mans Of
IenSe, Is in hardness to meals. A wo-
man VIII order her meals entirely to
suit the convenience Of a man, who is
never ready to eat them at the appoint
ed hour When the crucial moment ar
rlves, and the meal, smoking hot, and
inviting. is placed upon the table to be
served, the Woman alone, sits down to
eat, unless she has daughters, when
they are present also. The men folks,
from father down, rush out as the meal
Is ready, to feed the horse, or read a
paper, or visit with a neighbor, or kill
time in some way, until the smokiness
has departed from the viands, and with
the smokiness, the savoriness-
/ know woman who has been mar
ried Is years, who claims that she has
never eaten hot meal since she was
married, except an occasional one away
from her own home. where only women
were present.
If the people who have business deal
fngs with Father, were as unpunctual
in their engagements as Father is,
with the partner of his bosom, who
looketh well to the ways of his house
hold, Father would rant and rave and
tear his hair, and threaten all kinds of
violence.
Not so Mother. She ceased when 4
young wife to fret over what could not
be helped, and resigned herself to luke
warm or dried up dinners, without any
thing more than an occasional grumble
to mar her mans serenity. l must in
sist that the statistics would bear me
out in the assertion, that for every
man who says women have no appre-
citation of the exigencies Of business,
there is at least one woman who knows
that that is his own great falling
Myra Williams FARRELL in the Holton
Signal.
BURN THE GRASS: GET THE BUG.
Burn the grass now,'' is the advice
given to the farmers of the state by
Professor s. J. Hunter, entomologist in
the University of Kansas, if they are
to wage successful war against the
chinch bug. This pest has been I'M
usually abundant this winter about the
roots of bunch grass. Cold, freezing
weather has had little effect upon it's
health and vigor. Professor Hunter be-
lieveS that If all the bunch grass near
wheat fields is burned, the chinch bug
pest will be almost exterminated. But
If the pest must be fought later in the
season, Professor Hunter is prepared to
send to the farmers Of the state, pack
ages of chinch bugs infected with the
well known fungus disease. The farm
ers will also be instructed how to pen
up the bugs in a small area so that an
entire field will not be destroyed.-K.
U. Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
,,,.,,ancination of Moman.

The emancipation Of women mas leo
70 some questionable social conditions.
when she is educated she marries later
in life and is less inclined TO marry
When she n1arries later in life she mas
fewer children. If this means an I'M
movement in quality rather than an IN
crease in number, the outcome is rather
Wholesome. Problems are introduced
which as yet have not been solved All
we can do is to state them. 1t is claim
ed that the better educated, the higher
developed a woman is, the less inclined
she is to have offspring, and, when she
is a mother. the offspring are not as
healthy and vigorous as those of other
women.
The kitchen is practically the sole
survival of the old Industrial aspects or
the home and one result has been thai
the children have been individualized
and relieved of the obligations Of
household duties. The Sunday school.
the prayer meeting, and the church,
have, to a great degree. assumed the
former religious functions of the home;
the kindergarten, the school, the play
ground, and the social settlement have
usurped the homes educational work,
and the state has taken over, to great
extent. the responsibility for the educa-
ton of the cl1i1d.-Prof. James NJ. Hag-
erty, in Leslie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

brother-in-law in New England, and
among other things. she said:
$50 you speculated and lost all you
myself, too. The incog lord wrote
about has turned out to be the very
chap Jean was going to elope with
She must have got him down here:
He saws he's bound to marry her, and
she says she'll drown herself If she
can't marry him. and as he has more
money than both of us put together.
and has no relative under investiga-
guess we'd better make the best OF it.
"P. SITS all in knowing when
you are licked
"P. p. S.-We are lickedi'-(Copy-
righted 1910 by Associated Literary
Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.


AS you get older, there is always
something to worry about.
Many old-faShioned men dislike a
toilet in the house; they say it is dirty
AS a matter of fact, haven't you
found the devil a pretty good fellow =?
Did he ever bother you?
About all experience seems to teach
some people is the fool notion that
they can do it again without getting
hurt.
There is more the matter with you
than the other fellow if you imagine
he gets along better because he is a
criminal.
AS long as there are men and wo-
men, it will never be officially decided
whether tobacco or corsets are more
injurious to health.
Toned woman who said of the dog be-
longing around the house: He's q
nice dog out of doors?"
1t occurs to every husband OCCASION
ally that his usefulness as a citizen
is measured, in certain quarters. by
the quantity of kin he cares for.
Every man frequently says: 4
have tougher luck than any other
man alive AS a matter of fact, all
of us have lots of good luck. I al
ways claim to have q hoodoo, which
works long hours in queering me, but,
all over, I decide have had nothing
but good luck all my life. And the
same thing is true of you.''-Parson
Irvine.
Some of these days a guest will
arrive who will act upon the urging
that he make himself at home, and
when he does it, and finds fault with
his soup, his chair and his bed, we
look to see an end to SO much visit
ing. It is because visitors try to be
agreeable, and Don't make them
selves at home. that this visiting hab-
it continues.
When you feel like telling someone
something disagreeable you have
heard about him, make up your mind
to get comeback" You are not
above criticism; people have been
saying disagreeable things about you,
and if you do not get 'scome-ba back, -
it will be because the person you are
repeating disagreeabIe personality
to, is more courteous than you are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
KANSAS, a FARM DEMOCRACY.

Kansas says the Louisville Courier
Journal, sis a great wheat producing
state" Surely comments the Kan
sas City Star. But it should not be
forgotten that corn is a more valuable
crop than wheat in Kansas, and that
at present prices corn and alfalfa and
live stock are better paying products
of the farm than wheat.
Secretary Coburn estimates the
value of the wheat yield of 1909 at 76
million dollars, while he sets down the
corn at SO millions. Kansas is going
to increase it's yield of wheat to the
acre by planting better seed and by
building up the fertility of the soil. At
the same time it is going to use pedi-
greed seed corn; it is going to main
tain enough stock to consume the
forage crops and corn economically; IT
is going to plan such a rotation of
crops that the soil will be enriched in
stead of impoverished.
1.-THE agricultural college. with its
extension work in the farmers insti-
tutes, is working hard to the end that
the state may produce two loaves of
bread where it now produces one. This
is only one phase of the great problem
of bringing Kansas farms to a high
level Of productivity in every depart
ment, so that there may be the largest
possible output at the lowest possible
expense.
Wheat isn't king in Kansas The
state is an agricultural democracy in
which corn, wheat, alfalfa, hay, oats,
sorghum, milo. the beef steer and his
sister, the helpful hen, and the hope
full hog all occupy positions of trust
and responsibility
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A mans estimate of himself is not
likely to be very reliable.
= =
Even an artist finds it impossible oc-
casionally to draw a good salary.
y
Doing nothing is the most tiresome
and monotonous job in the world.
. y 4
Many landlords would get along bet
ter if they would do more for old ten
ants and less for new ones.
- =
It's peculiar. but the men who have
regulations for being mean are also
generally quite successful in business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
HUHOR or TIE Day

She wants to be sister to me Yen
ean easily get her out OF that , 1otiOn nr
ter-"-Kansas City Journal.
vets tn bosen piping to quarters FER.
ong an tn s OHd man Is deterined thst
disorder again" = Philadelphia Plain
Dealer.
The Eastern tourist had just landed in
Reno. New. Il should think you would
change the name Of this town to Leisure
native: well" explained the Eastern
tourist, II was Just thinking Of the old
adelphia Record.
voice in the AFFAIRS Of the company? ellis
-Xes-the customary howi'--Puck.
sah9sy ale you S1l1g home Du %y nsT
did" How about my face POWDER
and assemble yourself. "-LonisviiIe cou uns
ier-Journal.
my case. I caught the basement Of my
trousers on nail which projected from
be married '-Ios Angeles ST express prs z'S'e 10
% Miss swess-1s is just the sort Of en-
thoUghtfufI of yOui GeorseNNot at ali.
dear This is the ring have always used.
kansas City Journal
Why do you propose to me?'' II swore
And am I the right grip you arel''
$50 sorryi You're the wrong MANI
Cleveland Leader.
Why did they call her Henry Penny,
grandpa" There must have been rea-
son, lad, but it is lost in the mists of
antiquity No one today would suspect
that the hen was ever connected with that
humble coin. Courier-Jour-
nal.
MY doctor told me I would have to
quit eating so much meat" Did you
But when he sent in his bill I found he
was right. star.
do you give your wife an alIowance?'
Yes. How much do you allow her?'
Don't you think it is rather impertlnent
for you to ask what my salary is?''-
Houston Post.
Knioker-You look well fed. Bucker-
Yes; I'm eating extra meat just now so
as to hit 'em harder when swear or
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

fourths of the expenses OF all poor
persons who desire to be treated in
tuberculosis sanatoria- When the hos
pitfalls under construction are COM
p1eted, Denmark will have one bed in
tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria for
every 1900 Inhabitants, a fact which
will mean that the length of treatment
can be considerably extended. In the
United States there is one bed for
every $500 inhabitants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
ERON OTHER PENS
TAKING YHE CENSUS.

The census bureau calls attention to
some of the facts that enumerators are
expected to learn in taking the 18th
United States census, beginning April
Is next. The questions to be answer
ed will relate only to conditions exist
ing on April 15. The town or city in
wich a native of this country was
born will not be given, and the bu-
reau explains that ga person born in
what is now West Virginia, North Da-
kota, South Dakota or Oklahoma,
should be teported as so born, al
though at the time of birth the par
ticular region may have had a different
name" Persons who are married will
be asked if they have been married
more than once, but when it comes to
the duration Ct marriage, the enumer-
ators will be interested in none but the
last marriage "Thus a woman who
may have been married for ten years
to former husband the bureau is
at pains to say, ''but has been married
only three years to her present hus-
band, should be returned as married
three years" Inquiries relating to
foreign born persons will include the
year in which each came to this coun-
try.-Hartford Courant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

A cry is going up from the south for
practical farmers of the north to set
tie there and get the wealth that is
lying idle in its fertile fields. Kansas
is always inclined to be accommodate
ing but it will have to lie. this cry pass
her by. This state needs all of her
capable farmers and has plenty of
room for many more of the same de-
eli
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

A rumor. comes from Chile, where
William Jennings Bryan is hibernat-
ing, to the effect that the distinguish
ed Nebraskan has announced en-
phaticaIly that he neither desires nor
expects to be again a candidate for the
presidency. IN this connection almost
everybody in the country will insist on
being from Missouri"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
REFLECTIONS or BACHELOR
IFrom the Newt York Press

IFrom the Newt York Press.l
Easy laugh, easy cry.
Some people might be more inter-
esting if they went crazy.
The way to admire a woman the
way she wants you to is to tell her so.
The way for a girl to stop the an
noyance of a man wanting to kiss her
is to let him do it enough.
A man could have a good time in
this world if his family would let him
alone about his social duties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Perhaps by the time they get back
from this trip necessity will have
compelled the establishment of some
sort Of an adequate substitute for the
garbage disposal plant which the
voters OF Topeka ordered built last
summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

At stock sale in this state the other
day almost $4,000 head of stock was
Sold And not a single note was offer
ed by any of the buyers in part pay
ment for his purchases. All the trans
actions were N cash. Such a little
tale as this could not have been told
In Kansas dozen or SO years ago. 1t
is a simple but conclusive bit OF evil
dence that the farmers of the state are
better fixed financially than ever be-
fore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Girls in the domestic science classes
at the state Agricultural college have
figured it our that they will not be
making desirable matrimonial ventures
unless they get men who are earning
800 a month. If they adhere to this
rule many of them will run on along
into old maidenhood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

President H. K. Waters of the State
Agricultural college, advises the KAN
sas farmers to keep all alfalfa pro-
duced within the state to be used in
the production of a better grade of
beef and other meats That's excel
lent advice but many farmers will
hesitate about following it as long as
they can get such fancy and renunera-
tive prices for their alfalfa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

II Louis Paulhan is such clever
aviator why doesn't he make use OF
his flying machine to avoid service of
papers in the suits brought against
him by the Wright brothers? Most of
the United states marshals are ex-
ceedingly clever gentlemen. but it is
not believed that any of them have the
ability of birds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Melbourne. Australia. has a new
and modern garbage disposal plant.
Mr.. Fulton. the city engineer, and
Councilman Drew, ought to be sure
and personally inspect it before they
return from their already extensively
planned tour of inspection of the
garbage disposal plants Of the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

There are always honors a-plenty
for the man who is wise enough to
keep a close tongue in his head. VIII
liam ]. Calhoun, the new United
states minister to China, has been
banquetted in magnificent fashion by
the Chinese merchants and Chinese
students of Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
King of All FIsh-The Tuna.

One time at San Clemento, We sight
ed a. feeding school Of tuna an exhilar-
ating sight. A flying fish weighing a
pound and a half or more would start
from the water and soar an extraor-
binary distance, nearly out OF sight
but every inch of that fight l knew
was covered by big tuna keeping his
place Just beneath the flyer" ana
ready to seize it the moment II lell
into the water This rarely failed
The moment the fish began to drop the
tuna would spring at it like tiger
turning and tossing the spume into the
air with splendid and electrifylng
rush. a vancouver that was repeated
all over the blue channel.
This sensational charge meant that a
school Of tunas had discovered scnool
of it's natural prey, flying fishes; at
once the lust for blood and food was on
and carnage was the result.
I have observed some curious scenes
at sea but never have I seen fear SO
forcibiy expressed as by a school OF
living fishes exhausted and at the mer-
CIV of the voracious tunas. l have nao
them gather about my boat and chng
to its keel as closely as they coulo
while the air was full of leaping tu-
mas and soaring flying fish, At sucn
times when school of sardlnes Is
rounded I'D the fishes are so terrineo
that men have rowed up to them ana
scooped them up by the paliful.-
Outing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Colonel Roosevelt's hunt in Africa
was undertaken in the interest of sci
ence.'' An inspection of the contents
of his game bag would seem to indl-
cate that science is a hitherto I'M
known way of spelling Slaughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Science is progressing. Efforts to
breed a cat without tail have been
successful. With such an important
matter disposed of, it is to be pre-
stunned that the learned men who have
been engaged in the experiments will
now have time to turn their attentions
to something that will be of value to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Reports have it that Colonel Roose-
Welt is fatigued as a result of his
African hunt. And everybody had an
idea that he had gone to Africa for the
purpose of recreation. But then, the
Juggling to camp of a brace of ele-
phants or hippopotani, ought to have a
tendency to give even so husky an in
dividual as the ex-president that tired
feeling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

1t ought to be as comforting to
everybody as il is to the Chicago Trib-
une "that up to date no muck-raker,
iconoclast, or sensational historian has
succeeded in finding out anything to
the discredit of the late Abou Ben
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

1t must have been mighty difficult
for a Chicago audience to take at its
face value the message from Ed Hoch,
former governor of Kansas, that there
are many localities in this state which
had no prisoners in their jails and no
poor in their alnshouses during last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
TELEGRAPH report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news 1s received In The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Perhaps the wonderful richness of
the Occur D'Alene district Will not be
so attractive from now on since 1t has
shown itself 50 susceptible to destruc-
tive and death-dealing axalanches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

How appropriate! A Kansas boy
has won some kind of a hammer con-
test at the great English university at
Oxford,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Under legislation enacted in 1906
the Danish government pays three-