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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.1
\ girl thinks it is mighty deviiish

From the Atch1SOn GLOBE.
A girl thinks it is mighty devilish to
whistle.
The rich men of a town change
every ten or fifteen years.
When a boy begins to smoke, It is
time for him to quit school.
What a terrible time people do have
trying to have good timel
An Atchison doctor says grip is a
combination of malaria and cold.
In politics. a lot of things happen,
and a lot of fellows claim the credit.
To be a good party man is to be the
willing slave of some political boss.
You can make an intelligent guess
at anything except badly written
name.
No storekeeper feels just right on
Sunday unless he has had a good Sat
urday.
A widower in town can board, but
a widower in the country must get
married.
What do men talk most about? Not
gossip; they talk most of being treat
ed unfairly.
For every mistake of your own that
you notice, you make dozen you are
never aware Of
There is a lot of little gossip in
every town, but the real big stories
are seldom known.
What has become of the old fash
toned man who was always trying to
bet a can of oysters?
An unfortunate love affair is more
disastrous for a woman than a bust
ness failure for man.
1t is probable that every woman has
been kissed against her will, but only
few tell about it.
When the story of girls engage
ment gets out, she says: 81 just knew
pa would go and blab it,
Women talk more about man who
marries three times than they talk
about a man who does not marry at
all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
q SATURDAY SERMON.

- ga OAA0<AA CA-Ae1NAO~~s
And l saw a new heaven and new
earth: for the first heaven and the first
earth were passed away. Revelations
XXI J.
Surely this vision of St John the Di-
vine has been partially fulfilled. The
earth of today is wonderfully new and
different from what it was during the
time of this great apostle. 1t began 20
change for the better on that morn Of
nearly two thousand years ago when
multitude of heavenly host sang their
hosannas of peace and good will over
the manger near Bethlehem where lay
the child Jesus. And each recurring an
niversary of that birth, each Christmas
day, should spur men on to higher and
nobler things.
Christmas is the season of rampant
joy and gladness. 1t could not well De
otherwise, marking as it does the be-
ginning of the time when the Christian
civilization was started on it's way.
But it also brings it's sorrows. There
are not many family firesides where
there isn't a vacant chair that was
filled a year or more ago with some
loved one, The road is short in every
direction, to- homes that have not felt
the magic touch of prosperity; homes
where hunger and want stalk about
with their cruel hands locked fast. The
miseries of life are many. Nor does
Christmas cover them with mantle
to hide them for a spell. Indeed, they
loom up larger with most people as
they make their preparations for the
Christmas celebration.
And while folk might feel happier IL
there were no sorrowful memories to
overtake them at Christmas-tide; if
there were no realizations that many
humans are fighting a more or less
unsuccessful battle with poverty, it is
doubtful if they would be so well off.
1t is these stern, these hard and harsh
realities of life that make it worth the
living; that open up vistas of duties
only half performed; that show men
and women where they have failed tn
do as well as they might have done. not
for themselves, but for others. It's the
small, the narrow life that works only
for itself. The individual who lives it
really has no place on this earth. He
is distinctly out of his element. The
life that is devoted to others is the life
worth while. That was the great les
son taught by Christ, the greatest
moral teacher the world has ever
known. And it is because SO many
people have been trying zealously to
follow in his steps that the earth of to-
day is a new earth, a better and more
glorious earth than it has ever been be-
fore. The fact that there is still suf-
fering and sorrow abroad shows that
there is yet much work to be done in
this direction. To assuage these aft
flictions is. what. all true men and wo-
men are striving to do in their differ
ing ways. The marvellous results that
have been accomplished in the past are
indicative of the magnificent achieve
ments of the future. The sorrows ard
sadness that the joys of Christmas en-
phasize are but the beacon lights to
point the way to them.
'BIow. bugles of battle, the marches of
peace:
| East, west, north and south let the long
quarrel cease;
Sing the song of great joy that the
angels began,
| Sing of glory to God and of goodwill
to man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many folk never pass out a compli-
ment that is not double-edged.
x y X
The latest convert to any cause is al
ways its most enthusiastic supporter.
x y
Most of the useful Christmas pres
ents might be that way to others than
those who get them.
X y
This is also the season of the year
when old maids show a prediction for
staying near the mistletoe:
X
A man who is satisfied with his lot
in life may not amount to much in. the
eyes of the world but he has the pleas
anter time of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

And speaking of the prosperity which
prevails in Kansas: A little girl picked
up a purse on the streets of Eureka
the other day which contained 81, 400 in
cash. It's owner has not come forward
yet to claim this sum that would be a
small fortune almost anywhere else.
But 81 400 is little better than loose
change in the rural sections of Kan
sas.-What's that? Well, this is Christ
mas time. and even newspaper men are
so disorganized that they should not
be held responsible for everything they
saw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

Major General Leonard Wood has
seen a new light, possibly on a hint
from President Taft, who knows quite
as much about the condition of the
army and the military strength of the
nation, and also of the relations of the
United States with foreign countries as
does General Wood. The latter now
characterizes the ''war scare" which he
had a considerable hand in launching
as being t'silly talk If General Wood
doesn't watch out Cap
tain Richmond Pearson Hobson will cut
him from his calling list.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

Complaints have been numerous
hereabout of late about the high cost
of living. 1t really must be trivial,
though, compared with what it is at
Washington, d. c. Many congressman,
who receive only $500 year in
wages. cannot afford to go home for
the Christmas holidays. Others who
are going home declare that they are
doing SO because they can't afford TO
stay in Washington. A motion is here
by made that the members of the SEN
ate and the house be paid S1,OOO,oOO
a year each for their services This
is really meager sum in comparison
to what some of these gentlemen
think their services are worth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

grown fresh crop of feathers. By
boiling him little while longer We
succeeded in removing his hide, and
thereafter cooked him bare. Christmas
day passed, and still the goose was
SO tough we couldn't stick knife in
the soup. His toughness contaminat-
ed other meat we added to the stew.
We fed some of the broth to our hound
pup, and changed him from a healthy,
lOvable dog with a future before him.
to hopeless pesSimist and dyspeptic.
AS Christmas day drew to a close,
we renewed our desperate efforts to
reduce that goose to something edible.
but without avail. Then we carved
our initials and the date on his frame,
and left him suspended from a tree
when we moved camp. Unless some
stray scientist has discovered the re-
mains and presented it to a museum
as a rare specimen of the prehistoric
Arkansas Dodo,' he is there yet. It's
a cinch that nothing ever ate him.
It is a delicate subject, but we feel
that once again your attention should
be called to the fact that this is about
the last chance to do your Christmas
shopping early.
The twelfth annual explosion of
Grant Gillette's scheme for Getting it
Easy, occurred in Los Angeles during
the past week.
Among the local items, we discover
that Hon. Bone, of the city commits
sion, got q jointiSt. We further dis
cover that he got the jointist just like
he got the buffalo.
PTOMAINES VS.. PRESERvATIvES
In early youth 1 ate a can of beef
Which had been open forty days
and nights,
But no pill-mixer had to give relief,
No ptonaine symptoms crampcd my
gall and lights.
That meat was hunger-curing, dry
but sweet
And not contaminated by the tin,
But now it means a sudden death to
eat
Canned eatables from what they
pack 'em in
A bas the pure-food cranks, both near
and far;
I'd rather eat the good old creosote
Formaldehyde, or benzoate of tar
Than ges a jolt of ptomaines down
my throat.
A friend has been telling us a story
about an old woman who had taken
up with young soul-mate, and sug-
costing that it ought to be a good sub
| ject for a Joke. But viewing the Incl
dent from every direction. we fail to
find the joke. An old woman chasing
| young man is not a joke, but a SUBJ
/ ject for sad reflection.
| Mer-no. we made resolution to
refrain from printing that. Tomorrow
morning We will say it, as matter of
custom, but mere custom is not good
| excuse for printing a truism.
H G P
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

The engineers on the western rail-
roads certainly ought to be willing 70
submit their differences in toto with
the railroads to arbitration. If Their
demands are reasonable an impartial
arbitration board may be depended
upon to give them a square deal. If
these demands are unreasonable, the
engineers cause is not good one. A
strike should be averted by all means
and arbitration appears to be the only
way out of the difficulty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

1t appears to be almost inconceiv-
able that any sensible man could argue
that members of the Illinois legislature
were bribed to vote for Lorimer with
out the latter having any knowledge of
such activities. DISTINGUISHED parties
are not in the habit of passing around
thousands of dollars just for the sake
of pressing senatorial donors" on a
man like Lorimer- or anyone else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
lFrom the New York Pres

IFTofH tIIe NEW DIX FTeSs1
Good deeds are sometimes perform
ed unless they happen to cost money.
If money could multiply like misery,
everybody would be millionaire.
It's unfair to a college graduate to
keep on treating him that way all his
life.
If there are no curling irons in
heaven, the women there must have
some lively agitation over it.
If a man will always make love to
his wife, he may never get to be more
than a clerk. but she will know that he
deserves to be president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
One of Panama,s 81 Troubles.

The cross section of the Gatun spill
way dam is an old ogee, made up of
an arc of a circle, the parabola being
such that when the stream flowing
over the crest is 6 feet or more in
depth the nappe will adhere to be
downstream face of the dan.-Canal
Commissions Report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

Duck hunting in aeroplanes is the
latest novelty. And hunter who goes
after ducks in this fashion ought to
have no trouble in catching them by
putting salt on their tails. No longer
can people laugh and say that such
method of catching birds is impossi-
IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

Some more evidence that the pen is
mightier than the sword. A former
Kansas newspaper man, Jersey Pricer,
at present the managing editor of the
Austin Tribune, has been named by
Governor Campbell Of Texas as a mem
Der of his personal staff. The usual
military salute is hereby extended to
Lieutenant Colonel Pricer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
FpON O7EER PENS
HEREDITARY PAUPERIsM.


A very careful investigation has been
recently made in England with a view
to determining by scientific inquiry
how far pauperism might be dealt with
as a transmissible and hereditary evil.
The investigation goes to show that
pauperism tends to recur in successive
generations of the same families It is
propagated in large degree by freq
unions among unmarried persons Of
moral feebleneSS and consequent ille-
gitimacy, as shown by backward ex-
animation of pedigree. Paupers appear
to prefer pauper alliances. The result
ing inbreeding tends to the perpetual
ton of degenerateS.
Much, of course, may be due to en-
virOnment as consequence Of herding
paupers together in poor houses or
work houses provided at the public ex-
pense, but if heredity be dominating
factor in producing and reproducing
through succeeding generations a defi-
mite pauper stock, with a native in
capacity to live in any other way ex-
cept as social parasites, the laws should
be shaped so far as possible to bring
about a means of prevention. There
should be sex separation in so far as
such a rule could be enforced by state
authority. We take great pains to Sc
cure the propagation of healthy and
superior breeds of domestic animals.
There seems to be no sound reason for
a failure to protect ourselves as far as
We may against the deterioration of
the human stock-Philadelphi Record.
SIMPLE GOVERNMENT.
Oakland. Cal, adopted the city COM
mission plan at an election last week.
Constantly the number of cities resort
ing to that simple and sensible plan
of government is increasing. Those
that try it, hold on to it. 1t is always
successful. 1t is more efficient and
economical than the present plan and
more moral and upright in it's effects
upon the community.
In nearly every case where it has
been submitted to the people they
have voted to adopt it. They are
heartily tired of the present system
| and want to try the commission plan
Why can't they do it? Who is in the
way? The professional politicians, fol
| the most part. The commission plan
robs them of the grabs and sinecures
and the control of politics. It's imme-
date purpose is a pure and simple
government.
| These things go together-purity
and simplicity-and when a people de-
| part from these virtues they are on the
| way to the dogs. A great complicated
and intricate government is the finest
| breeding place there is for social an6
political corruption. The people know
| this and want a change Who car
give it to them? Where is there g
| bold, tireless apostle of the people
these days.-Ohio State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

DR.. Cook is home again calm and
quiet. He refuses to talk for publica-
ton on the latest turn his confession"
has given to his exploits in the far
north. Perhaps, if DIR. Cook had talked
a little less on his arrival from the
Arctic regions. he would have been IN
q mora desirable position than he is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

President Taft, General Miles and
Colonel Roosevelt will certainly have
to consider the spirit in which they
were given and not the gifts that have
been presented to them by Pawnee
Bill They consist of buffalo roasts.
Ruffa1o meat is almost as worthless as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

Nearly four hundred men killed in a
mine disaster in England. twenty-five
firemen crushed to death in Chicago,
thirteen firemen buried alive in falling
walls at hiladelphia-thereI1 be
mournful peal to many Christmas
hall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal Is g, member Of tbs
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganIzation for the exclusive afternoon
Publication in Topeka
The news IL received in The State Jour
aal building over wtses for this soia pEx~
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

If some snow doesn't come along
soon the Riddles who will be remem-
bered by Santa Claus with sleds will
1nA IN sore straits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
KANSAS COMNENT
wEAKNEss IN OUR LAW.


The numerous burglaries, stealings
and murders which have been SO no.
ticeable in Kansas lately are not cred
liable to the state. These things seem
to go in waves, or to be in the air like
the microbe of a contagious disease.
They can only be prevented by a
strict enforcement of law, not cruel or
harsh. but fair and thorough.
We do not expect our ordinary
peace officers to be detectives. We do
not pay them salaries or fees for the
prevention of crime or the running
down of criminals. Nearly all that
kind Of work is done at their own risk
and at their own expense. The author
ties will not pay for the work of pre-
vention and will hardly ever pay for
the work of hunting lawbreakers. I'm
less man violates the prohibitory law
he has no reason to think that the
state or the county will take much in
terest in his future if he leaves the
immediate vicinity of the crime.
There should be an examination of
this state of affairs made by compe-
tent persons and the law corrected SO
that the prevention of crime will be a
main object and the pursuit of law
breakers will be thorough and effec-
tive.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

Here's wishing you an exceedingly
Merry Christmas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
HIS PROuDEST DAY.

Minnesota is going to erect a monu-
ment to the late Governor John A.
Johnson. Suitable and characteristic
inscriptions for the pedestal are being
considered. There is a strong senti-
ment in favor Of inscribing Johnson's
''proudest day. says the Sioux City
Tribune. After he had made his great
impression at the meeting of the Grid
iron club in Washington and his name
became frequent in mention as the
Democratic candidate for the presi-
dency, he was asked on his return if
it was not his proudest day. mo, it
was not" he replied. Pressed to tell
what it was, after much evasion, he
reluctantly said: 1.-THE proudest day
of my life was the day when I went
home Saturday night with my first
weeks wages and. giving them to my
mother, proudly said: Mother, you
need never take in washing again :"
Certainly, put that inscription on his
monument. Nothing better marks the
character of the man.-Lawrence
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth: for the first heaven and the ilfst
earth were passed away. revelations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

1t is delicate subject, but we feel
that once again your attention should
be called to the fact that this is about
the last chance to do your Christmas
shopping early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

The twelfth annual explosion of
Grant Gillette's scheme for Getting it
| Easy. occurred in Los Angeles during
the past week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

Mer-no. We made a resolution to
refrain from printing that. Tomorrow
morning We will say it, as matter of
custom, but mere custom is not a good
excuse for printing a truism.
H G P
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24

Among the local items, we discover
that Hon. Bone, of the city commits
sion, got g jointist. We further dis
cover that he got the jointist just like
he got the buffalo.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-12
; This Home Made c ough
! Syrup ,uiN Surprise You
: Stops Even Whooping Cough
!, Quickly. A Family Supply
ut Small Cost,

Here Is homemade remedy that
, ,'l, hold OF Il, cough Instantly and
VIII usually cure tho most stubborn
vase In "a hours. This recipe makes
plnt-enough for whole family.
ou couldn't buy as much or as good
< aIs-made cough syrup for $3.50. ~
Mn, .,'s one pint of Eran,llated sugar
t.n y pint of warm water. and stir
1.aa,,hlhhtes. Put Q Il ounces Of Pinex
MY MY cents worth) In pint bottle
, rna ADD the Sugar Syrup. This keeps
SS,,,ssctly and hasa pleasant taste
,.,..,uldren Ike It. Braces M tho appe-
he hall ana Is slightly laxative, which
'Ae,ps end a cough. 55
y,,,pu probably know the medical
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sns 5nSnitls, and other throat troubles,
{,sr lungs. etc. There is nothint; bet.
csnt rineA Is the most valuable con-
nina a.ed compound Of Norway white
tha ,F ,sxlract, rich In guiaicol and ali:
IN natulal healing pine N elements,
4thIs preparations will not work IN
nens,s, prompt results from this mex
fnr =, remedy have made A friends
fIjni,a,, N thousands of homes IN thc,
plaina states and Canndn, which az
tatea Wny the plan Inns been mi
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N,,i io I'Y promptly ref,indeh /. ,.na,.
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SAVE ol,.wlll got Ii FOR yoi,' IF nn i
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-12
Solitaire Diamond, Broken
Engagement and PanicIy Staff

been mailed on Saturday night and
that she could not understand why he
had not received t.
Nunplussed. the disheartencd Pyra-,
mus went to Postmaster Thomas and
placed the case before him. Tho mat
ter was put in the hands OF the secret
service and the usual federal invcstisa-
ton began In dead earnest So long
did the detective keep the Office force
In u room questioning them that all
of the bananas, peaches and fruit in
the back rooms wilted in anguish. SYM
PATTY and neglect. The wholesale mar
kct stood still, lemons alone remaining
normal.
Hours of qucstining. however.
brought no returns ana the detective
strolled forth. leaving every member OF
tho Office force in the widest suspense.
Five long days passed and there were
no developments; but on tho sixth.
the detective reappeared and Informed
the office force TINT unless the ring were
found by the next day he would be
constrained to place everyone under ara
rest including tho manager @
When he had gone, the manager in-'
5dulged in n pyrotechnc display or vo-,
rabulary and firmly told Pyram,is that
tho matter was eating SO grave that
something must be done. He said that
nothing Wos so relentless an an lnYcSti-e
cation OF any interference with the U,
Small, Is.
Awee scintillnnt rny then lighted tho,
managers visage and rs a8result Ezra
ms maid Il hurried Walt to theShon,c
~ the ciri When Informed ,'f the
detective, the federal authorities and
Of tho genera seriousness OF the case.
her 5IIps trenbled, her biz, black eyes
filled With sorrowful tcars and from her
pocketbook she produced the rims,
Pyramus Is going to be chief nlisssog-s5
Eynist In d school for the study OF $woi1-55
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