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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
The Old negro NANNY.

We see that the Galveston people
who proposed in the first place to erect
a monument to the old colored NANNY
have been prevailed upon to transfer
the location to Washington; making II
a national affair, and inviting all parts
of the country to contribute 1t is
good and pleasant opportunity, IN our
opinion, and we should like to see the
whole nation take part in it.
Stored urns and sacred edifices have
been placed in all parts of our land.
dedicated to memories good, bad, ana
Indifferent, and to achievements noble,
beneficent, or otherwise. We see heroes.
some of them too cheap to quote,
careering on stationary but foam1ng
horses, and mark the attitudes CT
sculptured patriots and statesmen,
most Of whom are planted In our pri-
vate pantheons and immortalized IN
grateful memory; but we encounter
also the efhgies of mud stained pub
licists and futile warriors and question:
able benefactors. Nothing more or less
could be expected. We let it go at that
All of u.s. however, can unite upon
| the old black nanny, the millions
who have enjoyed her kindly minis
trations, and the other and more
numerous millions who have only
| heard of them.
To southerners, whether we refer 20
those still living south, or to the count
less thousands who are now dlstrlputeo
| all over the north, the east, and the
west, hers is name to con1ure WITH
White aproned, turbaned, always de-
voted and alert, she nursed strenuous
and proud race through the ailments
and yicissitudes of childhood. They went
to sleep to her cradle tales and chants.
They lolled upon her humble patient
breast She comforted them in their
hours of infantile affection. The civil
war. with it's dread epilogue OF terror
| touched old nanny not at all. she
was unconsciously sworn to the family
| c,,IahIe duty Few members of her
| class survive, the race is surely dying;
but if ever there were heroes and
martyrs who deserved immortal cele-
bration, the old negro nanny Is
among them, and not far from the
baad 6f all the list.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
rsr.xvorlrs REPLACE scarecrows.

The great grain fields of the SAND
horn ranch in Shasta county. Cali
fornia are ingeniously protected al
night from the vast fiocks OF WHO
geese and other aquatic fowl that do
immense damage to crops by means OF
a display of fireworks. Skyrockets
and roman candles were bought IN
tha ranch and men are stationed at
various points. Whenever flock is
heard "honking" in the defiance sew
eraJ slxvrockets or a shower of colored
balls from a roman candle are sent up
ward. and, as result. the birds give
the ranch a wide berth.-Popular Me-
chanicS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
CLOSING rHE moons.

have closed the door on Doubt:
1 VIII go by what light can find,
And hold up my hands, and reach them
out
To the glimmer of God in the dark. and
call:
Il am Thine, though ]. grope and stumble
and fan,
serve; and Thy service is kind
I have closed the door on Fear.
He has lived with me far too long.
If he were to break forth and reappear,
I should lift my eyes and look at the
sky,
And sing aloud. and run lightly by:
He will never follow song.
I have closed the door on Gloom.
His house has too narrow a view.
must seek for my soul wider room,
With windows to open and let in the
sun,
And radiant lamps when the day is
done,
And the breeze of the world blowing
Through.
Irene P. McKeehan. in the Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
LIVE STOCK AND FARM PRICES.

'~The price of land is high mainly
because the price of corn is high, and
the price of corn is high chiefly be-
cause so much OF it is in demand for
the purpose of feeding live stock, while
there is a world shortage of live stock,
which keeps up both relative demand
and prices for meats in all countries,
because population everywhere is
growing faster than the supply of meat
animals" writes A G. Leonard, in an
interesting and instructive article on
Live Stock and Land Values" in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

EXODUS AA Il.
As is generally known this is the
Fourth of the great commandments
which were handed down by God
through Moses and later confirmed by
Christ On it's face. it is nothing more
than a natural and reasonable demand
that children love their parents. honor
them, and obey them. This surely is
little enough to ask of children for the
anxieties, inconvenience, labors and
suffering which their parents undergo
for them from the time they are born
until they are able to shift for them
selves, and ofttimes, even after that
period has arrived
But this commandment has a much
deeper significance than that which
concerns the duty of children to their
parents. 1t also requires parents to
discharge their full duties to their
children. Many of them fail to do this
and they are the ones who need not
expect the honor, esteem and obedience
of their children. Much of the parental
failure in this respect is due to the
habit of parents in letting their natural
love for their children develop into a
PeNs71AOAAeASC AOAAOACSS ILdl JULIUS LH6l1
to their duties. This is a. common
failing among parents. 1t is especially
ruinous to the child and works as q
boomerang in the after relations of the
child to the parent.
Too many parents are unable to see
their children's faults They are apt
to get displeased when they are told
about them. They overlook in their
own children what they condemn in
others. Then again they cannot bear
to hear their children cry. So they
fail to administer proper correction.
They let them have whatever the chill
dren ask for-let them have their own
way in everything. This makes chill
dren headstrong. They actually be-
come the boss of their parents. And
neither child nor man is likely to have
much respect or honor for any one who
can be made to do his slightest bidding.
Perhaps the most serious conse.
quences which follow from this all toe
common treatment of children is that
their passions become ungovernable
AS they grow up they drift into the
vices that please their fancies but
which make for nothing except distress
and their ultimate ruination.
There wouldn't be so many serious
problems concerning the almost
grown-up boys and girls for society in
general to solve, if parents did their
full duty by their children. if they
gave more of their time to their in
struction in the essential and little
things of life which are so important
if they demanded implicit obedience
from the time the children are old
enough to understand, If they paid a
little more attention in watching their
goings and comings. And If parents
discharged their full duties to their
children. not only would they be giver
in return the whole measure of respect
and honor due them, but the world
would soon become a far different place
from what it is. Vice would soon be
reduced to a minimum. Virtue would
flourish in all things. The heralds OF
the millennium would be within hear
ing distance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Every mans record is more or less
soiled in spots.
X X
Pleasure seldom has to knock twice
on any ones door.
y 4
The fool who rocks the boat is also
in his element these days.
y
Weather that is perfectly satisfac-
tory to all persons hasn't been invspt-
ed as yet.
Doctors seem to have a predilec-
ton for prescribing rests for patients
who can't afford to take them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Judge Smith Mcpherson told the
interested attorneys that he is getting
tired of the bleached flour case which
has been on trial in his court for sew
eral weeks now. This is the senti-
nent Of most people in respect to
famous lawsuit. Scarcely any
thing new on the subject has been
presented at the trial. One set of
witnesses claim that bleached flour
is Injurious and another set of wit
nesses say it is not. And there you
are? The jury will certainly have a
difficult job in arriving at a fair and
impartial verdict.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the state journal
AWAY during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate of ten cents
a weeE. or thirty cents a month (by
mail only) Address changed as often
ms desired. While out OF town the
State Journal will be to you like
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, 1910-07-02

Colonel Roosevelts first entrance
into New York politics, since his re-
turn to civilization, did not work out
very well. The legislature killed the
direct primary bill to which he had
given his endorsement. But wait!
One swallow does not make a sum-
mer. nor is a single slip likely to re-
suit in a disastrous fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Concerning those cuts in western
freight rates which the commerce
commission has just ordered 1t will
likely be a long time before they get
into effect II they ever do. 1t was
only a few weeks ago that there was
a final adjudication in the supreme
court on rate cutting order which
was promulgated by the commerce
commission in 1905. But when Presi-
dent Taft's new commerce court gets
in operation things will probably be
different on this score.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Following the good example set by
the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
way company. the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad is planning to
increase the wages of its unorganized
employees between and 10 per cent.
No class of railroad employees are
more deserving of increased pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

IAN habitual incorrigible enemy of
society should be solemnly adjudged
to be put to DEATH" is the opinion of
Judge George C. Holt, of the United
States district court for the New York
jurisdiction. With so many handy
lawyers about and so many loopholes
in the law, the great trouble would
be to convict anybody of being
ellch criminal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IRON the New York Press.l

lFrom the new YOTk PreSS.I
1t doesn't seem like spending money to
most people If they can charge it.
A girl is willing to walk when she is
courted: she wants an automobile when
she Is married
The worst about saving is you don't
gain enough money to do you any good,
and you lose all your fun.
woman hates logic because in an
argument a man falls back on it after she
has beaten him with simple talk
A cook is really wonderful person to
make people try so hard to hold her in
a job she doesn't know anything about
filling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

No wonder there is more or less
envy of the lot of kings George W,
just received a magnificent gold med
al for doing nothing in particular. In
fact, 1t was originally intended for
the late King Edward VII. On sec
ond thought, though, of what parti-
cular use is a gold medal, anyhow =?
The proprieties of the occasion rather
prevent one from pawning it or SELL
ing IL for old gold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

After the warning issued by Mr..
Denton, the secretary of state, against
Democrats and Republicans partici-
pating in each others primaries, it is
to be wondered what Dave Leahy will
do when he goes to the polls on Au-
pi,st 9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
KANSAS CONAENT
WHERE rHE GOING 1s COON

- ~~--~~@- AAALA 1o11Nd 10 dOOOs'
Who is it that has the fairest going
In the race of life these days?
Not the lawyer. The cities are full
OF brief1ess barristers. Not the preach
er. Few professions are more poorly
paid than his. Not the teacher. He
rivals the preacher in meagerness of
salary. Hardly the doctor. The
young physician, as a rule, has hard
shedding now as of yore. Not even the
engineer-mining electrical, strue-
tural or mechanical. He, as compared
with most others, has a pretty easy
row to hoe, but even in engineering
the ranks are beginning to be crowded
There is new professional man"
who is leading all these in the race.
This man is the thoroughly well train
those who have easier going than he,
but III the professions such are few
and exceptional, merely going to
prove rule.
Just now agriculture offers a clear
field. There are more good jobs open
than there are trained agriculturists.
The lag" school graduate, who de-
s1res to teach, has excellent chances
of landing place at $1,000 to $4,000
per year. The department of agricul-
kindred lines. The state experiment
stations are always on the lookout for
promising new timber, and the big
dairies, creameries and cheese fac
tories offer plenty of good opportuni-
ties for graduates in dairying.
OF all the graduates who go out into
the active world during these COM
mencement days the graduates in
agriculture will have one of the best
starts in life.
soil'-with a caution. Don't go brash-
~ back: Wait till you know some
thing about the chemical makeup of
the soil in question.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

The Socialist administration of Mil
waukee seems to be working in the
right way to better the conditions in
that city. It has denied license re-
newaIs to 104 saloons which have not
been conducted properly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt has un-
doubtedly strengthened her claim to
the social leadership of her set. She
took a brief trip the other day in an
aeroplane. 1t is such things as this
that make for prominence in high
life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
He Were.

prominent western attorney tells
of a boy who once applied at his office
for work.
sNow. my son." I said. eff you come
to work for me. you will OCCASIONALLY
have to write kilograms and take oown
+a1anbone messages Hence pretty
good degree of schooling is essential.
Are you fairly well educated ?" :,
The boy smiled confidently Il be-
he said.-Harper's Monthly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
MEANING THE COOLEYSOX,


Last night. down at one Of the num-
erous street preaching entertainments.
leather lunged convert began to sing.
"Thow-wout-th' li-fline-throw- wout-
III h-fiine-someone is-sinkin'- tew-
day." when a badly-soured fan on the
sidewalk remarked: Its no use, they've
done sunk to tn bottom of tn cellar
already"
It is reported that The dirigible bal
loon, which will be exhibited during the
state fair, will circle the state house.
1t would be a pleasure to go around
the state house, but the balloonist may
have it in mind to refill his balloon
at that never-ending fount of hot air.
and thus combine business with pleas
Ire.
negro in New York. almost shot
Alton B. Parker. At least the bullet
came closer than that presidential cleo
ton.
Collector Loeb has done his part
toward lowering the price of Panama
hats. He seized about a million dol
lars worth Of them, and neld them I'M
til the season was well advanced. No
doubt, the next time Mr.. Loeb runs for
Office. he will point with pride to this
incident as the time he lowered the
price of necessities"
CONCERNING THE EXTREME IN
NCCENCE OF ROSCOE.
After meeting Jake Kilrain, Governor
Stubs remarked: II never saw prize
fight" But it is never too late. Indi-
cations are that he will see. from the
vantage point OF one of the principals,
the prize fight Of the decade about
August 2.
The young dub who took a header
from the Brooklyn bridge and got away
with 1t, got nothing but wet. Ninety
days would be more suitable recon-
pense for such a fool stunt.
AND, SPEAKING OF MOLLYCoD-
DIES
A nervous old party named Marcus
McCarEy
Is packing his trunk to decamp.
| He's afraid that the racket or some
firecracker packet
VIII scare him or blow out his lamp.
But he hopes that next season Wen
'stay within reason
| And order a Fourth safe and sane
| But of all of the follies invented by
MollieS
| Such rot stands supremely inane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

The Topeka gent who recently threw
rocks at bill collector. thought, no
ooubt, that the collector was "out at
ter the rocks and should have them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Jersey Justice has another feather
in it's cap A new law is in operation
in that state which compels applicants
for marriage licenses to prove their
capacity for marriage in all particu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Illinois asks for little more motor
iety because OF the fact that among
her unusual citizenship is a 1S-year-
old husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Those few people who had an idea
that President Taft ana Colonel
Roosevelt would refuse even to shake
hands when they met, must be sore
" disappointed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
.FRON OTHER PENS
FATHERS DAY.

Fathers day. has been inaugural
ed in Spokane, Wash. by Rev. DIR.
William J. Hindley. pastor of a Con-
gregational church. In founding it,
DR.. Hindley said he wanted to give
everybody "a chance to speak a few
kind words for the old man who sure
ly needs sympathy" The few kind
words were said last Sunday, and per-
haps, the "old man" felt better for
them. When the movement spreads
throughout the country, as the founder
and his followers believe it will. papa
probably will begin to chirk up and
feel that he is appreciated at some
thing approaching his own estimate of
his real worth. Mother already has
her day, and its observance, we hope,
brings joy to her dear old soul. but
father has been rather a negligible
quantity in the household scheme 1t
is true he is permitted to provide the
money to pay the bills, but what does
1t profit a man to own Dalatial home
and supply the table with the fat of
the land if he must adjourn to the
cellar or back steps to smoke his pipe
or cigar because tobacco smoke is in
furious to the lace curtains he did not
select but had to pay for9 Nor does
1t add to the joys of his outcast nico-
tinous vigil to listen to the strains of
Everybody Works but Father" as
played and sung by the young hope
fuls amid the comfortable surround
tngS from which he has been baniShed,
Surely, father needs a little sympathy,
and perhaps a little more considera-
tion.-Springfield Union
WHAT Ais ROYAL EUROPE.
The recent death of one European
monarch and the serious illness of
three others prompts a solfcitude of
broader scope than just personal anx-
iety. The possibilities of so much
physical ailment among crowned heads
are not pleasant to contemplate eithe..
in continental Europe or abroad, for
talk as we will about the nominal pow
er of the throne, it commands an in
fluence and sustains a relation whose
transfer to other hands produces in
convenient effects. 1t will be a long
time before Great Britain will be able
to set down anything like an accurate
estimate of the result upon national af-
fairs of the kings death and even pri-
vate business has not yet been able to
relapse into normal condition since the
sad event.
Today the crown prince of Sweden is
conducting the affairs of the nation be-
cause King Gustavus is too sick to do
so. Emperor William, of Germany, IS
known to be in very uncertain health.
and was obliged to delegate some of his
official functions to his eldest son for q
time, while the young King Alfonso of
Spain is reported to be alarmingly i'll.
Added to all this sickness of royalty is
the news that President Fallieres, of
the republic of France, contemplates
resigning on account of his health, and
that NJ. BRAND. prime minister, may
succeed him.-Omaha Bee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
HERE'S FREE TRADE.

Careful investigation would disclose
the fact that the most of those who
are bowling about the new tariff law
are at heart advocates of free trade.
Every man Is of course entitled to his
own opinion in the matter, but those
of us who believe in the principle Of
protection as established in the Payne
law will read with pleasure the follow
Ing from the London Express as con-
firming us in our judgment:
I'VE have year by year become more
and more dependent on foreigners for
our meat supply. No encouragement
has been given to British agriculture,
with the result that when such crisis
as that with which the trade is now
faced arises, the nation has no reserve
to fall back on, and high prices, with
consequent dear living are the result.
when supplies are plentiful, foreign
imports practically sweep the products
of British farms out of the market, and
it cannot be wondered at that the
British farmer, finding it practically i'm
possible to compete with the millions of
pounds worth of imported meat, has
steadily decreased the interest he once
had in the trade"
Meat prices in Great Britain are ex-
orbitant and with the industry of cattle
raising practically destroyed by the
operation of the free trade policy. they
will go still higher Meat prices in this
country also are high, higher than they
should be, but there is the advantage
| in the situation here that If the public
| is paying more for its meats than
| formerly, the farmers are getting
| splendid prices for their cattle.-Leav-
enworth Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
TRUNK IS POOR STORAGE.

One Of the new fads that is being
overworked is packing people away in
q trunk. A trunk is not large enough
for the average person SO it means
that the individual to be packed away
in such a manner must first be killed.
This tr1nk-storage plan, while meet
ing the demands of necessity, some
times, is one that might be passed up
to advantage, for trunks and packing
cases are intended for different use.
So it is up to society, if society can
have any influence, to discourage this
way of packing people away in trunks,
and because you don't like them, kill
ing them first.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

Occasionally we hear of raise in
prices which fails to rouse our ire. For
instance, the threat of the tobacco trust
to retaliatc against the recent change
in tobacco tax by putting eight instead
of ten cigarettes in a box, reached this
department without starting a singls
crouch.
"She walks says Mrs. Jack Supp,
like string of dried apples, but I
haven't yet decided whether it is due
to corns or some new health and beau
ty hints she has been reading in the
womans department.
81 dreamed last night 1 possessed great
treasure said the imaginative man.
We'll" replied his wife, that is one of
the dreams that are not all idle fancy.
steak you ate for dinner?"-Washington
Star.
Tex Richard will not permit children
Under 10 years of age to buy $50 tick
cts to his fight show. This will no
doubt be a serious disappointment to
the thousands of young children who
are f1ocking to Reno to see the big
fight. =
Governor Stubs will deliver the
Fourth of July Grafton at Lawrence.
and it is a real temptation to this de-
rartment to go to Lawrence on that
Gay. We have a gnawing curiosity to
know just how the clever governor will
ring in salt-risin bread, Dave, Mort,
Sam ct al, in connection with an In
dependence day GRAFTON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
A SATURDAY SERMON.

Honor thy father and thy mother that
thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Exodus Xxx !: u.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

A negro in New York. almost shot
Alton B. Parker. At least the bullet
came closer than that presidential cleo
ton.