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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
YOUTH AND ACE

ITO niddleage, when we have at
tanned to being what the darkies call
settled people, no lessons are more
delightful than those derived from
youth" says a writer in the current
issue of Harper's Weekly. And after
any slight foreign experiences, how
ready youth is to teach; how sure of
requirements, judgment, and tastei At
this season of the year the young re-
turn from their educational institutions
to spend the holidays instructing their
parents, and they return full of faith
in their mission. How wonderfully dec
orative they are. tool It is one of
should be beautiful enough to make
good all it's deficiencies in sense and
reason, while age makes good the with
cred textures and faded colors by a
philosophic temper and sense Of hui
NOR. Yes, youth treads the earth
proudly as one who masters environ
ment and instinctively we who have
lived and failed much fall into the
background conscious of being tarnish-
ed by overwork. We listen awestruck
while they explain world tendencies to
us. They look upon us with a certain
tender pity and wonder what interests
life can possibly have to offer one who
has reached the decrepit limit of 10.
Despite this seeming absorption in
themselves these young folk have hard
ly Imagination enough to understand
that they themselves supply a reason
for being. They can hardly understand
that we are as deeply interested in what
they do and leave undone as once we
were in our own activities. A young
girl who was solicitous as to her moth
er's power of enduring existence with
gray hair and faded charms was much
taken aback by this view of the mat
ter; and when her mother assured her
that she took more vital interest in her
daughters career than she had ever
done in her own because of the ampler
experience years had given. the child
was quite overawed; but for her own
part she hoped to die at 20 because
by that time everything interesting
would have haprened''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04

In the course of few hours the lad
was restored to his parents with a
badly smashed hand properly bandaged
and cared for. They felt that it was to
Allan that thew owed their small boys
life and they could not do enough for
him in the days to come when they
journeyed from their seaside cottage
to the hospital to have the injured
boys hand dressed.
There is one thing you may do for
me-" Allan told them the last time they
came to see him on their way to the
hospital with their son.
The mother looked at him In glad
surprise. what is it?''
Allan colored selfconsciously. Miss
Atwood-the nurse you spoke of-at the
"Ah" exclaimed the father. smile
in his eyes.
Allan nodded Exactly" he con-
fessed. i've been trying for nearly
three months to find a mutual ac-
quaintance. IL want to know her.
..And you shall, indeed" declared the
impulsive little woman. Come, sonny,
we must not be late for the doctor" :.
She took her sons hand and hurried
off in the direction Of the hospital
After that 1t was as IL the island
were a different place to Allan Donald
son. Since the night when he had been
asked to dine with the father and
mother of the lad he had rescued ana
found himself face to face with Win1-
fred Atwood he had left nothing un-
done In the way of attention to her:
ut took me three months to find
way to know you" he said to her one
night when the season was nearly over
and they were both about to make
future plans. land I think that was
long enough to make up for the short
time rye let pass before telling you"
what ?"she asked turning away her
head.
THAT 1 love you." he said--(Copy-
rirhfed 1910 by Associated Literary
PresS.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
AYHAWKER JOTy

1t occurs to the Bison Bee that the
man "higher up" is often "low down"
in his methods.
Cease the futile" advises Dooley
Riddle, land engage in the useful. The
time you now spend in drinking ice
water use in swatting the hy.''
Roosevelt is a very fortunate man.
THINKS the Lawrence Journal, because
the Appeal to Reason is fighting him
viclously. Just as though it mattered
what the Appeal to Reason is doing.
Deacon Walker has discovered that
every time some one of the members
of our church drop a quarter into the
collection box they tell the Lord about
it in their next prayer for fear he will
overlook it,
The man who fears that the coun-
try is going to the bad on account of
the purchase of SO many automobiles
will, on investigation, be found to be
in no danger himself because he has
none, says the Hutchinson News.
The old advice to think twice be-
fore you speak, 1t should be explained,
was intended only for use on the wit
ness stand in some important crisis.
Ordinarily it is much more convenient
to omit the thinking entirely.-Min-
neapolis Messenger.
Jack London has his own place in
the field of literature, but most any
$15 reporter could put it over him in
handling the story of the prelimin-
aries for the -Jeffries fight.
Nor is this the first time that we have
felt the conviction that the SIS re-
porter is not properly Appreciated
Leavenworth Times.
Osawatomie thought it had already
had the three greatest days in its
history, once when John Brown was
doing few stunts there, when John
James Ingalls, dedicated the chunk of
stone to the memory of the old fellow.
and next when the Missouri Pacific
shops were located there. But all
three of these rolled into one will look
like lightning bug beside a Tungsten
electric light when Teddy comes
Lawrence Gazette.
Two young lawyers, members of the
bar but few weeks, had grown rather
obstreperous in the Office of one of the
court clerks, reports the Ellinwood
Leader. Here, you get out of here"
said the clerk. I'VE don't have to-"
the more talkative one promptly an
swered. We've got a right in here,
we're lawyers" "Ah. go on the
clerk replied, you're nothing of the
kind "Sure we are" the spokesman
rejoined. Then, turning to his COM
rade, he commanded. Buck, go over
and get your sign
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
rAEr AND ECONOMY

Dispatches from Beverly, Mass,
state that President Taft is fast get
ting into regular routine for his sum-
mer vacation. It's golf in the morning
and long automobile rides in the aft
ernoon. But these things are not go
ing to occupy the presidents entire
time, not by a long shot. With his
much needed rest and play he is go
ing to work hard on a governmental
problem that is of momentous i'm
portance. 1t concerns the retrench-
ment in government expenditures.
One of President Taft's pet plans is
to curb governmental extravaganza in
every field of federal activity. This is
something rather new for a president
to undertake in these days. No presi-
dent except Mr.. Taft has apparently
given much attention to governmental
expenses since the late Grover Cleve-
land was the chief magistrate of the
nation. During the past dozen or more
years the presidents of the country
have not appeared to have given the
matter any attention at all. The ma
ton was the most prosperous of those
on the face of the earth. Its re-
sources were unlimited. Therefore,
what mattered it how much money
was spent to run it? This appeared to
be the theory on which the presidents
and congress worked. But such a
theory rightly does not appeal to Mr..
Taft. No sooner did he take hold OF
the reins of office than he set about to
cut down administrative expenses.
Working under his direction, his cabi-
net officers. the heads of the govern
mental departments, made big cuts in
the expenses of their departments dur
ing even the first year of their incum-
bency. The appropriations by the con-
gress just closed were more than
$1,000, 100000 for the two year period,
or about what they have been during
the last two or three congresses But
the savings made by President Taft
and his cabinet in departmental ad
ministration were more than offset by
appropriations by congress for the
continuance and extension of govern
mental activity in many fields.
The report of the secretary of the
treasury just issued shows a sur
plus of more than 100000 in ex-
penditures for the fiscal year ending
June 80. as compared with a deficit
last year of more than $58.000,000. If
this isn't a good financial showing for
the Taft administration. what could
be? But the president is not satisfied.
He is going to devote his attention this
summer to solving the problem of cur
failing governmental expenditures.
Senator Aldrich has expressed the
opinion that he could save the gov
eminent $S0o.o0o.0O0 a wear in the
conduct of its affairs If he were given
a free hand to work out the neces- |
sary reforms. Inasmuch as President |
Taft is pretty handy at working out
problems maybe he will do about as
good a job at saving as Mr.. Aldrich |
says he could. At any rate, he Is go |
ing to apply himself to the task, and |
for that the people of the nation |
should be thankful. There will be a |
unanimity of opinion before long that |
Mr.. Taft is the right man in the right |
place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04

Inc victims are generally family Gets.
harmless. inoffensive little dogs, the
Cherished companions OF little children.
FOR some piece of mischief, or be-
cause OF dislike for dogs. a neighbor
VIII Wreak his vengeance with a pois-
oned piece Of meat or cake. Such an
act can only be characterized as das-
tardly 1t brings grief to the house.
hoio where the dog was an insignifi-
cant but important member More than
that 1t Is cruelty to animals in the ex-
IRENE, for the agony a dog suffers in
the death throes caused by poison is
immeasurable.
This poisoning of dogs, cats. and even
chickens that may not suit a neigh
bors fancy. is also dangerous. espec-
tally to children. An instance of this
sort happened in Galena, Kan. the
ether day. A neighbor placed some
POISONED bread in her vegetable gar
den to kill some of the chickens be-
longing next door which had been in
the habit OF feasting on the garden
truck. A 2-year-old girl toddled into
the garden, found this bread and ate
some or 1t. In short time she was
writing in commissions. They subsidized
before a doctor was called and he pro-
nounced the child dead. A half-hour
later there were signs of life in the
little ones body. The doctor was call
ed again and there is now a possibility
that the child's life may be saved.
The prorniscuous tossing around of
poisoned meat, or bread or cake or
anything else that is eatable for the
purpose of killing off dogs and chick
ems, or anything else, is apt to bring
suffering and even death to children
who may get hold Of the stuff. What
has just happened at Galena is likely
to happen in any other place where
this practice of poisoning is INDUCED
in. And so the dog and the chicken
poisoner also becomes an unconscious
enemy of humanity, or the helpless and
innocent part Of humanity-the chill.
dren.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atehison Globe.1

[From the Atehison Globel
Nearly everyone has kin in the east.
A whole lot goes on behind your
back that you don't know about
Whisky would naturally have a bad
reputation If for no other reason than
it's associates.
A soldiers idea of a good time is to
see a commissioned officer convicted
by a court marital.
Title of a late seriocomic song: Hell
Bring IT Back When He Discovers
What's In It."
1t has been decided by a society
with name SO big we can't pronounce
it, that there are no women angels.
It may be stated, incidentally, that
it is a good deal easier to drive a man
to drink than to drive him away from
it.
Our idea of a lonesome person is a
preacher whose vineyard happens to
be situated in Reno, New, at the pres
ent time.
If you swear good deal that's an
ether unnecessary thing against you.
A man can't quit smoking, but he can
quit swearing.
When travel becomes so light that
only the hotel proprietor, members of
the family, and employees, appear in
the dining room, then times are really
dull.
Subject for discussion at the next
meeting Of the Lancaster Literary So
ciety: is there anything dirtier than
a man when he comes in from the har-
vest field +"
An Atchison woman was rolling and
tossing in bed the other night. whats
the matter?' her husband asked. The
wife, who is somewhat dyspeptic, re-
piled: Calves liver and bacon"
mo happiness save in mental ard
physical activity says the New York
Journal What sin it is for man
to be idle! Women are at liberty to
frivol, but IT'S against the law for
men.
An employer discharged a man the
ether day. What was the trouble?" a
reporter asked the employer Every
time I told him to do a thing" the
employer replied, 'he began arguing
with me-"
Life Hooley, who has just returned
from Paris, tells the biggest story:
that he was charged 81 for a canta-
loupe in a Paris restaurant All these
big stories are simply travellers tales
told to astonish the natives.
Goat Edwards, widower, says he can
prepare as good meals as any woman,
and that he doesn't need a wife. The
reighbors, however, say Goat gets the
good meals of which he boasts at a
boa riding house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record

tFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The secret of success is to let the
other fellow take the chances.
The one occasion when a. woman is
always on time is at a bargain SALE
It is much better to be good for a
reward than good for nothing.
"All going out and nothing coming
in," is the complaint of the ba1d-hea
ed man.
1t is Just as we'll to bear in mind
that opportunity isn't an habitual
knocker.
No matter how intellectual she may
be, after woman reaches a certain
age she feels that almost any man is a
match for her
Marriage always changes people. -
remarked the Wise Guy. "Well. let us
hope it alters them for the better
said the Simple Mug.
1t may sound like exaggeration, but
a man really has almost as many but
tons on a whole suit of clothes as a
woman has on the back of her dress.
HOAX don't see how the Newly
weds get along in that tiny apartment.
Mrs. Newlywed Is so fond of flowers.
Joax-Maybe she has them in folding
beds.
Wigwag--I think every married man
requires a little change occasionally.
Henpeckke-Well I'm very fortunate
that way. Ny wife gives me 10 cents
every morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04

Taste is curiouslY localized in the
mouth Put a lump of sugar on the
tip of your tongue and you will find
it distinctly sweet Then try it half
way back on the tongue and you will
find it tasteless. All sweet or aromatic
substances, such as wine sugar and
coffee, can be properly appreciated by
the front half of the tongue a piece of
knowledge that every true connoisseur
applies when he sips instead of taking
mouthful. With most other sub
stances, however, the reverse is true.
In these cases the tip of the tongue
serves only for touching-it is the back
part that tastes. The sides of the
mouth are quite insensible to certain
substances not tasteless. Put some salt
or vinegar between the teeth and the
cheek and you will find them abso-
lutely avorless.-London Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
DANGERS IN DOG POISONING.

Among the most despicable and un-
pardonable vicious members of society
a prominent place will have to be ac-
corded to the men and women who
poison their neighbcrs' dogs. There
are one or more of them, unfortunate
ly, in every community. Topeka seems
to be surfeited with them. Countless
dogs have been killed by poison this
year in each section of the city. And
it is too bad that one of these mis-
creants cannot be caught and punish
ed in way that would be sure to have
a salutary effect. But like the thief,
and the murderer, both of which they
are in part. the dog poisoner works by
night or in such stealth that his ap-
prehension is almost impossible
An ugly and ferocious dog is a
menace and disturbance in any neigh
borhood where II may be located. But
ouch dogs are really few and far be-
tween. There is a way to get rid Of
them, though. without any one re-
sorting to poison. 1t is not these kind
OF dogs. however. which are poisoned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
FpON OTHER PENS
ErHICs Oh LAWYERS.

Young lawyers sin often through
ignorance and want OF renectlon, anu
1t is well that they shall have a CODE
of ethics prescribed to them. All are
not eoual to the task of working such
a code out for themselves, even II
their intentions are good. Many are
not ballasted even with good lnten-
tions, but seek only to succeed, 10 Sc
cure business and make money with
out bringing themselves into actuaI
conflict with the criminal law. Law
yers occupy toward the public pc
culiar position of trust and power
Their moral code, or lack of 1t, is,
therefore, a matter of grave public
concern.
recognition that the moral tone OF
the legal profession needs elevating.
Most of the leading members of the
bar act by high standards, but the
young and humber members OF the
profession feel the effect OF keen
competition and are often tolerant of
nractices that are officially and inner
emily wrong. This inference is war
ranted by the declaration of bar asso-
Citations and of eminent jurists In their
public addresses and from occasional
disbarment proceedings
Legal practice, legal practitioners
and the courts themselves will all be
the better for keying up, and no
one has more to say in this regard
than the president of the United
States, a great jurist and a great cit
izen, seeking at once to promote the
true interests of the public as well
as those of his own chosen profession.
Philadelphia Press.
COOLING AS EASY AS HEATING.
Now, when one comes to think OF
It, there Is difficulty in understanding
why humanity has always realized the
need of mitigating the severity OF ell
mate that takes the form of cold, but
for the most part still assumes the I'M
possibility of doing anything to tenn
per heat, from which we suffer almost
as much. At less expense than that
by which houses are warmed in win
ter they can be cooled in summer, and,
while the winter heating, thanks to
our strange refusal to learn the art
of ventilation, involves the creation
of conditions injurious to health, those
which summer cooling would establish
would probably be in every way bene-
fetal to us. At any rate, the thing Is
perfectly practicable
OF course, if adopted, it would add
to the cost of living, but It would also
increase the general stock of available
energy, which would mean an in
crease of earning power to more
than compromising degree. Not much
of refrigeration plant would be re-
uuired to bring the air of bedroom
to temperature in which sleep would
be refreshing. instead of impossible or
exhausting, and the wonder is that
the rich and the well-to-do, at least
do not generally. instead of hardly at
all, utilize a benefit which science is
ready to give them for much less
money than they pay for thousand
other smaller fuxuries and conven-
iences.-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

No wonder good cooks are in such
great demand. Few things are scarcer.
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Old Father Adam at least had the
opportunity OF getting off original
jokes.
Some things that some people take
most seriously are considered funny by
others.
X y
IL every man worked as hard as he
thinks he does. a whole lot more
would be accomplished.
x X
Almost every girl has an idea that
there's material in her for the making
of heroine in a romantic novel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

LFrom the Chicago News.1
Use the knowledge you have, then
go after more.
We have all our good points, but 30
has a paper of pins
Many q woman's second husband
mourns the demise of her first
It's pretty tough on the oldest in
habitant If the good die young.
When some women feel the need of
physical exercise they go shopping.
A woman adds a postscript to her
letter in order to get in the last word.
1t takes all kinds of people to fill
up the world, but there are too many
of some kinds.
The other fellows advice may turn
out all right If you mix little COM
mon sense with it.
While a woman with ninS children
would be justified in having an occa-
sional At of the blues. she hasn't the
time to indulge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
HUAOR or THE DRY

Knicker-The cost of food has gone UP.
Bocker-But it doesn't cost any more to
pile the home plate with 200 pounds of
Taking No Risks.-'.what's a. yer hurry,
ssn ssa rs NO ob 10 oGloEk yet We'll
All no vera weel acQuaint wi tn new
staircase."-The Bystander.
.sunqIIL ossslqo-SgIsslI pIoM eua uo1J
lvul Hel no6 l.upInoO eq OF lqSno II
sHuIui gu So usllIi& 'sJH s.rism q 10 kIols
ma uv 81 leqM Understanding 'sIN
she-I think if George washington were
suffragettes; He-You seem to forget,
dear; that George USED Ratchet. and not
Freddie Ffshface-well, girls! I've come
t to say good-by-I sail for Europe toner.
lovely Freddie aforesaid-Er-for YOU
or for me Judge.
what is your name? The Visitor-why.
you Id IDIOT haven,t Just put my signatuTe
that is what aroused my curiosity.-The
Sketch.
We'll" said the cheerful man, I'VE can
thank this rainy season for one thing
Whats that?" asked the crouch. ct will
g gye us bumper IMP crop Of d0ubie1header
Press.
A country weekly may have but one
printer on the job, and he may come
under the classification of ''hobocus
printus,' but he Is always referred to
as the foreman"
Cholly's. club and Ferdy's club got up
bsneft an f played game Of ball for the
for the hospitaf?. mo. but they made
Courier
stranger.I say. my lad, what is consid-
cred a good score on these links? Caddie
to do it II as few Strokes as t tSeS can
but It generally takes a few more.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Some of these tongue twisters are real
" very hard to enunciate. for instance:
. The sea ceaseth, and It sufficeth u.s."
thmiied Mithth EiitSabetn. you t thRimS6y
thay It tho: The thea theatheth and It
thuffltheth nth Life.
sallie-Does he play golf? sam--Not ex-
actly; he plays bridge Sallie-But they
Illustrated Bits.
Johnny" asked the teacher can you
sn9 aNf Ssswgen levle enled
Johnny. zone ievs and the other grave
Chicago Record-Herald.
Higgins is an enterprising blacksmith"
What now?" He has put in a soda
falo Express.
My boy. I'm busted and shall have to
never walk" you'll get used to it in
first"-Louisviiie courier-Journai.
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The teacher stood it as long as sne
could. Then she said:
Annie, what are you doing7 Why are
you mumibling eo?'
please, teacher" responded ANNIE
I'm studying my gosintos."
your what?' asked the teacher,
puzzled.
MY gosintos."
The teacher pondered. AND Annie
went on with her mumbling.
annie, what is gosintos, or what
ever you call it?' now questioned the
teacher.
"Gosintos," started Annie, why Cos
intos isis" She halted in confusion.
well" resumed the teacher, then
show me how you study your gosin-
tos."
Annie quickly responded, as follows:
1.-TWO gosintc two once; two goSinto
four twice; two gosinto six three times"
Albert ]. Klinck, in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04

Brigadier General Joseph Smith, re-
tired. thinks the army and navy Of
these United States is wholly insult
ficient for their needs, especially If it
should be necessary for them to defend
their island possessions in the Pacific.
This is bad if it is true but it might
be worse if there was any probability
OF war between the United States and
Japan or any other nations. And gen.
eral Smith does not think there is any
probability Of such war. So what's
he worrying about?