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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
AN APPEAL FROM A DRINKER.

| A pathetic, tragic and suggestive LET
ter is published in the June American
| Magazine as follows:
about seven years ago 1 had a wife
| and one child and held civil service
position which would have insured me
a good salary the rest of my days If 1
had not gone to drinking. I lost my
position on account of drink, was sus-
pended from my lodge for misconduct
while intoxicated, and finally got 10
where could not even get work as a
common laborer. tried to reform, but
found it impossible If 1 stayed in my
home town; I tried to persuade my
wife to move somewhere else or to let
me go and then come to me after
had become established somewhere else
She refused to leave or to let me do so,
and finally I ran away from them IN
order to get away from the drink
Il have been spending the past three
years in the extreme 'backwoods' sec
lions of this state (F,lorida), guarding
prisoners on turpentfne farms, and alb
solutely away from all 1iquor-yet when
1 had occasion to make a short trip to
one of our larger cities a few weeks
ago it las one tremendous and con-
SIIQ6SIO 10 Keep Oul u the DdI
rooms, and I hope never to be obliged
to spend another twenty-four hours in
a wet town.
This is the situation after a three
years trial at overcoming the liquor
habit: My wife secured a divorce as
soon after I left home as possible, and
at thirty-f1ve years of age I am obliged
to stay away out in the woods, cut off
from everything I consider makes life
worth living, following an uncongenial
occupation and afraid to go among the
people I was used to for fear of again
falling. If you can, through your mag
azine, create a sentiment that will
make this country safe for those of us
who have fallen, it will certainly be APP
preciated by me at any rate"
IF this letter isn't strong argument
for prohibition, a prohibition enforced
as it is in most every section of Kan
sas and which has put the saloon and
the joint out of business, one cannot be
presented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
QUAKER MEDITATToNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

l. ASAAA Inc Lllduelpnla Record.
Casting reflections doesn't ALWAYS
prove ones brightness.
The proof of the pudding is in the
amount that is left over.
Strangely enough the man who can
never say no is of negative Importance
We are apt to extol our own nrids
and speak siightingly of the vanity of
others. VI
The regulations of some men are so
bad that it might be better to lose
them entirely
The man who feels that he. has 4
message for the world generally sends
it collect.
Wor'7 you say that kittens jump al
conclusions when they chase their own
tails?
Blobbs-"How do you like those
cigars Tightwad gives his friends? pa
Slobbs-'At long intervals
There is the greatest difference IN
the world between what we are and
what We expect others to be.
This is the time of year when the
suburbanite always wonders if it would
pay to buy lawn mower of his own
Superstition is what prompts a per-
son to believe that a horseshoe over
the door has more value than a lock
and key.
There's many a slip be-
tween the cup and the lip" Wigwag-
"Geei If you're as shaky as that you'd
better cut it out for a while.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
Movement in Germany.

An incident occurred during the
past week in the German reichstag
which has not received very much at
tention, and which may we'll have no
immediate consequences of import
ance, but is. nevertheless, significant
and unprecedented. On the motion of
a socialist-democratic member a reso-
luton was passed by q small majority
declaring that the chancellor was re-
sponsible for his acts. and for such
acts of the emperor as require his sig
nature, to the reichstag.
1t has been an accepted principle
of the constitution of the German en-
pire that the chancellor or prime min
lister is responsible to the emperor
alone, and that in the exercise of such
discretion as is recognized by the con-
stitution the emperor himself can not
be held responsible anywhere. When
the celebrated incident of the en-
peror's statement to an English paper
arose Prince Won Buelow declared that
it would be impossible for him or any
the government If the emperor insisted
on acting in entire independence and
responsibility. The emperor yielded
for the time being, but he was deeply
hurt, and there is little doubt that
Buelow's fate was sealed from that
time. Yet even the chancellor scrupu-
lousy avoided any admission that he
was himself responsible to the reich
stag.
Then came the failure of his finance
bills and his resignation. Great care
was taken to explain that he did not
retire because of that ---isfortune, but
because his health was not equal to
the task of dealing with the reichstag,
but he did retire, and his successor,
Herr Won Bethmann-Hollwegg began
by accepting the finance plan of the
majority in the reichstag which Bue-
low had rejected. A change of min
listers had followed the loss of a ma
jority and the policy of the majority
had been imposed on the new minis
ter. Precisely the process required by
the British constitution had been fol-
lowed. The principle of ministerial re-
sponsibility had obviously, whether
acknowledged or repudiated. been APP
Piled Now the principle is definitely
adopted by a majority of the reichstag.
The majority is small and may be
temporary one. 1t may be a long time
before any attempt is made to act on
it. and the attempt, when made. may
be defeated. But the adoption of the
resolution remains a specific and con-
crete fact. The reichstag rests on uni
versal suffrage, and this is a land
mark in the advance of the German
people to a more practical and imme-
diate control of their own AFFAIRS
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
THE PATTERAN.

The .patteran'' or ''patrin" in branch
! e. py a gypsy along the road to indicate
20 any OF his TRIBE who may follow, the
way he has taken.J
lou set the patteran for me
Along the world you wandered through,
Let mazed and weary 1 might be
AND miss the way that led to you.
HOW oft at open doors aglow
rave delayed my rowing feet
ana wondered, Shall further go?''
FOR Just hungry hearts quick beat.
When on the threshold 1 have seen
Your woodland signal where it lay
with onward-pointfng finger green
10 warn me that / might not stay.
The gypsy knew the gipsy's call;
II led my maynard feet Alright,
together as the shadows fall
we kneel our roadside fire to light
The fire we kindle, hand to hand
snail cheer the way for weary men
iii our Great Chieftain give command
Break camp and take the road again"
Then. Love, whoever goes before,
II 1t be you, If 1t be 1,
small set the patteran once more
Across the spaces of the sky.
Amelia Josephine Burr, in Putnam's
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
KANSAS COMAENT
ARMY RAr1nNs an Nrw nAsrr

| ARMY RATIONS ON NEW BASIS.
According to a general order just
issued by the war department, all
army rations. on and after July 1st,
viii De put on a money value basis.
heretofore rations to enlisted men
nave been served out on a quantity
oasis: The innovation will make it
possible for the messes to serve the
men with such food as they prefer,
something not possible under the old
regulations Instead of being supplied
by the subsistence department with g.
stipulated quantity of food of a GER
tam character, the men hereafter will
get any kind of ration to the value of
thelr allowance, amounting at present
70 SO per month. The system has been
IN use IN Europe for some time and
llds proven success there. Army
men. however. seem to be under the
impression that the application of the
new arrangement to the field practice
ana active service conditions will prove
a 1allure. for the reason that it will
necessitate the carrying of larger
stores.-Ottawa Republic
SCHOLARSHIP FOR GIRLS.
IN the recent investigation by the
Women's Student Government associa-
ton OF the condition of the girls at the
University of Kansas who are earning
all or part of their way through school.
an urgent need was discovered for more
scholarships for girls. The young wo-
men VINO are doing outside work
while In school to pay their expenses
now number 147. F'ifty-six of these are
entirely self-supporting. While most of
the girls have pleasant and agreeable
work, some use up their reserve energy
and are compelled to return home bro
ken down in health if not in hope and
ambition
A number of small scholarships of
approximately 5000 each would go far
toward tightening the burdens of the
set-supporting girls. The Women's
Student Government association, which
has taken the initiative in this move
ment Will offer a scholarship to girls
IN the sophomore year.-K. U. Bulle-
tin.
THOSE GOOD "OLD DAYS"
we hear a great deal of powwow
about conditions and down with this
and down with that. but we will bet
gold dollars to brass buttons there is
not single insurgent who would go
pack to those days when kerosene cost
81 a gallon, railroad fare was five cents
a mile, calico was twelve cents a yard
and wages dollar q day. There was
never a time in the history of this ma
ton when the poor man got so much
Tor his labor or so much for the dollar
ne earned.-Independ Reporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

"Gulliver's Travels" (unexpursaterl
| contains an account of a cluster of
NUTS on floating island. says Hondo
Murphy.
These fellows were saturated with
enc idea to such an extent that they
were chased around by attendants TO
keep them from falling in the well or
being run over by a street sweeper. The
method used to awaken them from
their scientific reveries, was to swat
them on the ear with a dry bladder
full of wind.
These wise astronomers who have
been dreaming this HALEY comet stuff.
remind me of the old mathematic bugs
on the Floating Island. And L think
they should be awakened from their
dreams in the same manner-with a
slight change in rules / move. that in
drawing up the order to walzen them.
dry bladder is stricken out. and an
eel-skin full of shot be substituted
therefor"
Instead of "who hit Billy Patterson
it should read: What hit McCarty Ok
la1noma?"
We will believe that the comet has
lost it's tail just as soon as someone
succeeds in convincing us that there
ever was a comet.
Edison has invented way to build
a house for 81 200. but his invention will
be of no value to this department until
he invents a way to get the $1,000.
Even that great National Weekly
Golfers, catches the wrong car occa-
sionally. In the editorial of the cur
rent issue, a couple of sticks of space
are devoted to the task of "bawling OUT
actors who assume euphonious titles.
From it we learn that Julia Marlowe
was born Sarah Frost, and that Law
romeo Barrett should add formerly
lier's closes with the startling informa-
ton that Montgomery and Stone are
really Hawkins and Henry c. Baxter,
it is time to commence tossing dor
hicks. Those people who grew up with
Fred Stone in North Topeka, and knew
his family intimately, will have to DIFF
fer from the esteemed National Weekly.
As BIG BLUFF, you must give 1t
to the comet; 1t takes not only the cake,
but the pan and the lining of the oven.
Down at Parsons, Kan. is this sign:
Don't strike a match.
REMEMBER THE IRQUOIS FIRE"
And anonymous contributors have adj
ded these:
Don't spit on the floor
REMEMBER THE YOUNGSTOWN
FLOOD"
Don't explode.
REMEMBER THE MAINE
GET THE HOOK:
The carp that once thro Kansas streams
A banished outcast fed,
Is coming back to us, it seems,
With honors on his head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.l
Heaven seems so much farther away
from home than the other place.
The foolisher a girl is when she is
engaged to q man the more she can
make him show it all.
A mans idea of being patriotic is
to act as IL he deserved a lot of credit
for George Washington.
There seems to be lot more salts
faction in winning dollar on a horse
race than in earning a hundred
What a woman likes about having
a man make love to her is it's even
more exciting than II he meant 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

In view of the decision of the Unit
ed States circuit court of appeals in
setting aside the injunction issued by
Judge Pollock against the enforce
ment of the Kansas bank guaranty
law, it is fair to assume that Governor
Stubs is not now so strong in his be-
lief that the federal courts are entire
II Inadequate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

From the many and varied mistakes
the astronomers of the world have
made in demonstrating the course of
Halley's comet and the contact of its
tail with the earth, it is up to them to
confess that the science which treats
OF the celestial bodies is Just a trifie
too deep for them. Or perhaps they
need to put in a few more hours of
study on their elementary text books.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Your guess about the comet, from
whence it came and whittier it is GO
ing, of what it is composed, and of
what the tail is made, if it has one, is
just as good as anybodys. The as
tronomers have now been forced to
admit they don't know much about
the erratic luminary which has been
attracting SO much attention of late.
On one point, there can be general
agreement. The comet has no designs
on iniuring the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Mr.. Bryan advocates the federal
control of liquor and its shipment.
Most people are probably of the opin-
ion that the federal government now
has all the troubles it can comfortably
shoulder. and nossihlX a few more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Members of the Socialist party hope
to interest the farmers with an
amendment to their pledge which
makes their party opposed. not to
those of the ''propertied classes" but
to those of the capitalist class" This
new form of expression was an I'M
fortunate choice on the part of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Methuselah has probably turned
over in his grave two or three times.
Census officials at Washington, after
an investigation, find many stories of
longevity are incorrect and they doubt
whether any one ever lived to be 10
wears old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Jenkins Lloyd Jones. a Chicago cler-
gyman, calls President Taft's arma-
ment policy fuss and feathers" and
"tomfoolery." This is the kind of
lady-like criticism that is supposed to
come from mollycoddles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

The land parade which was being
arranged as one of the incidents to
the reception at New York which is
going to mark the Homecoming of
Colonel Roosevelt has been eliminat-
ed. So many men wanted to partici-
pate In 1t that the procession would
take a couple of days or more to pass
a given point. 1t has been most prop
erly considered that this would be al
most too much of a good thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the italian
exotic, is soon to deliver a series of lee
lures in this country. Explanations
He needs the money as he is now in
debt to the extent of 1000 lire, or
about $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Maybe the railroads, which are now
maintaining herds of cows to supply
their dining cars with butter, cream
and milk, also do this for the purpose
of giving the cow-catchers on the en-
gines a chance to earn their salt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

And the tail of Mr. Halley's comet
didn't even make a noise. At least,
the wireless telegraph experts were
unable to get next to one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Assuredly the astronomers ought to
think long time before they join
that galaxy of scientists who are wont
to insist that all newspaper informa-
ton is unreliable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

That thirty horse power automo-
bile which can run for 23 miles on a
gallon of fuel will not be very pop
ular with the Standard Oil trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

A mere bagatelle of 100000 has
been offered by New York syndicate
for the moving picture privilege of
the Johnson-Jeffries fight. Evidently
this privilege is not held in exceeding
" high regard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
INDEPENDENT THINKING

Ambassador Bryce, in his address TO
the students of the University of Kan
sas, urged them to cultivate the ha,bj.
Of sound, careful and independent
thinking
Admirable advicei But he might
possibly have made it more admirable
still by distinguishing between really
independent" thinking, the sort to
which the added qualifications of
sound" and careful are naturally
applied, ard what too frequently passes
for independently thinking
Independent" thinking to MANY neo-
PIE consists principally in the sugges-
ton OF what a great many other PEG
rIe, generally the majority, think To
think independently all they have to do
is to find out what the other man
Ihlnks. 1t is then easy to do the rest
The merits of the question, logic
Iacts-these are largely beside the mark.
1t may be that the regular thinkers are
right from the standpoint of reason
and experience. To accept their view,
however would be fatal by the self
respect of the independent thinker. It
would be ordinary, characterless, en-
shaved, not independent thinking.
1t is a great thing for most of our
sell styled independent" thinkers in
the felds of politics, religion, society,
morals and science that regular or or
dlrary thinkers exist. Otherwise thew
would be sorely puzzled. They wouldn't
know what to think They would have
nothing particular to deny and would
thus LACK the chance 20 show their in
ependence.-Chscago Inter-Ocean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

A pertinent query from the Chicago
Record-Herald: Is snow in Georgia in
May to be taken as a sign of the
breaking up of the solid south?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Socialists. For, as a matter of fact,
most of the successful farmers have
been in the pultocratic and capitalistic
class for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

A New York importer has told a
committee of the house of repre-
Bentatives that the middleman makes
Is cents a pound on coffee. An ex-
PLANTATION from the middleman is in
order
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
THOSE GOOD "oID DAYS"
FR0N OTHER PENS
THE LITERARY cAREEp

IA II
IL is We'll for the young literary as
plrant TO understand that when he en-
PARKS on an authors career the first
ampit1on must not be ito earn a mill
non, but to earn recognition; and to
get recognition the author must have
something to say worth saying and he
must know how to say itweIl Here
seems TO be the beginning of things
iiterary.thoughts worth thinking and
the aoll1ty to express the thoughts in
manner attractive to the reader.
ct one may be an expert grammar
ian and still not a writer: for the
grammartan may be without magma
ton, and writing without Imagination
is as uninspiring as a patent office re-
port. So it is clear that there is some
thing else to the art of writing beyond
the knowledge of correct EngIish-it is
what is called STYLE
Herbert Spencer in his ESSAY on
Style" emphasizes some Fundamental
truths in the art of literary oonstruc-
non- Mr. Spencer insists on simplicity
or expressfon-short words as prefer
red TO the more complex form. and
snort compact sentences in which a
single thought is expressed plainly and
thus conveyed to the understanding of
the reader Mr.. Spencer protests
against writing over the head of the
reader, holding that the first object of
literary construction is to make the
reader understand. Mr.. Spencer also
condemns ostentatious display of
learning on the part Of the writer as
offensive. ''-Indianapolis Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

HalIey's comet has also succeeded
admirably in initiating many of the
earthly affairs of the present era by
failing to live I'D to the things prom
Ased of Il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

We will believe that the comet has
lost it's tail Just as soon as someone
succeeds in convincing us that there
ever was a comet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Instead of "Who hit Billy Patterson
it should read: What hit McCarty Ok
lahoma?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Edison has invented way to build
house for 81 200. but his invention will
be of no value to this department unit
he invents q way to get the $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

You never somehow say the right
thing at the right time" his wife com
planned II know it," he sadly replied
~but you seem to think did once. "-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

why did she get angry at that man
who was spending his vacation In their
neighborhood?" She asked him IL he had
met her daughter: and he said yes. that
he had seen all the sights of the neigh
borhood. Houston Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Friend-So your detective force is fail
ure? Chief Emma-Yes; we can't find any
one who is willing to be a piainclothes
woman.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23

Heck-In my view. the membership OF
in business. Peck-You're away on In
business a man sometimes gets a silent
partner; in marriage, never.-Boston
Transcript.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-21
POLITICS AND STOCKS.

In their letter which has just reached the Stan
dard banking of Henry Clews Company says:
political outlook another well element OF DOUBT Is
steadily improving Radicalm being rebued in all directions
clearly defined and depend large
upon personality The comparative lack of interest in election
the falling off registration all parts OF the
compared with 1t taken for granted that
Republicans considerable losses at the polls next
there probability that the next may
become Democratic This little real
uneasine and the elections certainly much less threatening
element than two three months is also noticeable fact
that public opinion becoming hostile corporations this be-
due partly public recognition of the fact that corporations
here stay partly managers the latter
ognze that they must submit of regulation obey the
law and show decent regard for public opinion The change in
the latter respect manifested various quarters highly
aging tending disarm much of public criticism No
seriously fears the forthcoming decisions the OIL
tobacco and other The court force reorganization but
not to destroy property values The decisions when issued
will probably have further injurious effect than the famous North
Securities No harm but good followed that decision The
prospects of the railroads securing reasonable from the
interstate commission daily increasing So that
question also solution this President NC
Crea address behalf the Pennsylvania before the interstate
commerce commission striking feature His for bet
ter rates temperate strong and based upon well
will no doubt have much weight with the commission and do
towards securing reasonable treatment for the railroads