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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01
TAFT HAS FAITH IN THE PEOPLE

Saws William Bayard Hale in the
June Worlds Work: Much that has
been said about President Taft he be-
lieves is unjust, uncharitable. or unin-
formed. He does not believe that il
represents the country's sober thought.
He is certain that it doesn't represent
what the country will think when his
record is complete"
Mr. Hale is just back from week
spent in the White House beside the
presidents desk in close observation of
him as he transacted business. On one
of these days a visitor urged cam
paign of publicity, telling the president
that all the country needs to bring 1t
to his side again is a knowledge of his
views and his purposes. To this Mr..
Taft rejoins in substance:
whats the use? 1 have resigned
myself to misunderstanding. L don't
saw that I'm Indifferent to public opin-
ion. but 1 have ceased to count on it
or hope for it. I must wait for time
and the results of my labors to vindi-
cate me. They ill do so. I have
profound and abiding faith in the peo-
pie. Their final judgment will be right.
But it will not be given till the results
are clear-as they will be.
81 don't want any forced or any
manufactured sentiment in my favor.
Besides, I don't believe that anything L
could do or say would contribute in the
least to enlighten the public or change
its view 1 simply can't do that sort of
thing anyhow. That isn't my method.
They who know me know the single
minded purpose of my efforts for good
laws and good administration, and they
know the hypocritical nature of most of
the enmity my measures are meeting
with. But 1 can't undertake to enter
into long explanations, which would do
no good anyhow.
But I'll tell you what I canNdo and
am going to do. I have three more
years in which to give the country the
very best service know how to give it,
in my own way. There isn't going to
be much said just now, but there are
going to be things done, before the
country gets through with me, thar
ought to insure final judgment that L
won't be ashamed Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01
LABOR CONDITIONS.

About ten years ago was started a
movement in the United States of max
ing the conditions of labor better. That
movement has not stopped yet. This
month of May has seen the unusual
number Of labor disputes, and it is
noticeable that tho wishes of discon-
tented workmen are often for some
thing besides more pay and less work.
They have demanded better surround
1ngs where they work, in a good many
instances. Employers of labor have
sometimes yielded to the workmen and
have taken part in some team play
by capital and labor; others have re-
fused and are still combating the sus-
picfon of their employees. Some people
call the present movement industrial
betterment." Others call it welfare
work. Whatever it is called, 1t stands
for better factories, places to work
in that are hygienic and sanitary, It
does not necessarily include club
houses or paternal care, because Amer
lean workmen co not like to be patro-
nized.
Industrial betterment has a good in
fiuence on both the business and the
morals of the whole community. Some
of this good work is probably done by
employers for selfish reasons: much
also, more than most people think. is
done through sentiment and kindly
feeling. There are precious things
in business that money can not buy
1t can and does buy work but 1t cannot
buy loyalty and good will, which are
things valuable to the employer
Manhattan Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01
JOHN c. MARSHALL.

public-spirited citizen of the right
and equally rare type passed on to
larger rewards the other day when
John c. Marshall died. That he should
be taken away in the prime of life,
a life that had been quite as useful to
his friends and his community as it
had been to himself is most regret
table. There is solace to his relatives
and friends, however, in the know
ledge that it was a life we'll spent.
Although comparatively young
man, Mr.. Marshall had achieved an
unusual success in the business world.
He stood in the first rank among the
prominent merchants of Topeka. His
energy was of the boundless sort, nor
was he sparing with it. Probably it is
this very fact which fastened his end.
He was one of those few men who evil
IDENTIFY did not know the meaning of
the word selfishness. While he always
worked hard for himself he worked
harder for others, and particularly
when there was anything at hand that
gave prospect of helping his home city
to grow and prosper.
Mr.. Marshalrs untimely death is
distinct loss to Topeka.
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stance-there is a girl standing
here
Dolly had almost forgotten that she
was on the dignified mission of rent
ing cottage. She had dropped into
her habitual frivolous manner and the
real estate man was marveling at every
turn.
"One-two." Dolly counted. looking
from the upper hall into the cham
bers opening from it, ''tkree-and a
bath"
"And the nursery!'' the man added.
ooh. yes-for Dolly and John and
Murieli''
Three the man asked, mildly sur
prised.
Dolly nodded. "Yes-but Muriel is
only two months DID,
ST see." breathed the real estate
man. your hands are FULL
Dolly blushed. I'm so glad you
don't object to children. as so many
house owners do she said. We've
had such a time" she sighed as with
the weight of the world on her pretty
shoulders.
After that they looked at various
cottages and at last returned to the
gray Queen Anne nesting among the
pink roses.
This said Dolly, wisely, Seems to
be the most nearly suited to our needs.
I shall have them come and see it to-
looking down at the tip of her para
sol.
She felt. rather than saw. the look
the man at her side gave her. They
were standing on the porch near a
rose vine.
'"They?' he asked. at thought it was
for you. Mrs. Meadows
II am Miss Meadows. and it is for
my brother and Mrs. Meadows-and
their children and-myself, that I am
looking she explained wickedly.
"And the card?' he asked
Dolly laughed at thought 1 might
get more attention If you believed I
was married and looking in earnest for
a cottage
''In this case-if I may say it," he
said, you might have had more at
tention under the reverse circum-
stances"
"But-Tn be here all summer" she
said. ''Then If we like it we'd like
an opportunity to buy-to build" she
added. 1--WE would take the house
with that option
Certainly"
But at the end of the summer it
was Dolly and the real estate man
who wanted to build a home as nearly
like the gray Queen Anne as possible
even to the Juliet stairway.
Those stairways are so nice for
love songs the real estate man ex-
planned as he stood, at the end of the
summer, on the landing saying good
night to copyrighted 1910 by
Associated Literary Press.)
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


[From the Chicago News.]
The season for heated arguments is
now open.
The sinner is in no hurry to collect his
wages.
Inquisitive people acquire a lot of in
formation that isn't so.
Only those who have no worries can
afford to look worried.
Any man who looks for trouble is
blind to his own interests
Life is short, but many people man
age to outlive their usefulness.
1t is hard tic keep the man down who
is able to keep up appearances.
You may induce people to listen to
your grievances-but what do they care?
You can always figure on a Wonlan's
doing the very thing she isn't expected
to CO.
We don't know why a crow is called
a crow, Alonzo, unless it is because it
can't crow.
Most men would be ahead of the game
If they could exchange what they know
for something different
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Department in Congress.

Although the house of representa-
tives was in state of agitation and at
times of uprCar for the most of three
days last week, the temper displayed
at nearly all times was admirable.
There were no personal encounters,
few angry exchanges or bitter words.
On the contrary, the fight was car
rf1ed on with deep earEeStnesS and at
times with a display of good humor
AS it turned out the insurgents were
not making personal fight, but one
which may be called "of principle"
The end has come with no blasted rep
utations, no burning animosties, and
no casualties.
This is a decided gain, although it
is stated the scenes of excitement were
unparalleled. That may be true in
sense, but many worse scenes have
taken place IN the floor of the house
solemn secret conclave, while the pro-
ceedings of the house were character
lied by dignif1ed decorum. The first
outbreak was when Matthew Lyon and
Griswold had their encounter in the
old hall of representatives at Sixth
and Chestnut streets. Although the
house was MT technically in session,
the members were shocked at the en-
counter, and it was long before an
other took place. In 1S49 there was a
long and bitter controversy over the
election of 4 speaker. but the mem
bers were dignified and the final settle
ment accepted by all. In 1869 the house
had a struggle which was disgraceful.
Many members were armed, threats
of personal violence were frequent.
and Galusha A. Grow and Keitt had a
personal encounter which was made
the subject of poem in Punch.
But the most exciting time in the
history of the house was in February,
1877, when some Democratic insur-
gents tried tn prevent the completion
of the election count with the avowed
intention of making Tilden president.
The scenes in that dispute were noisy
and exciting far beyond anything
which occurred last week, and the sit
uation was saved by Speaker Randall,
who took the bit in his teeth and pre-
vented the insurgents from carrying
out their threat. Speaker Cannon was
a member of that house and is the
sole survivor still in the service. Often
during the recent stormy period his
memory must have carried him back
80 years to the day when the repu bic
seemed in danger, and it can be said
for him that he preserved the same
calm demearor throughout as did
Speaker Randall whose cool head
saved a situation franght with ter
rible consequences-Phil In
Quirer.
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QUAKER MEDITATIONs.
[From the Philadelphia Press.I

(From the Philadelphia Press.J
Money talks, but it is mighty short
with some of us.
In baseball even the right fielder may
sometimes play wrong.
Too many husbands and wives quar-
rel about the best way to make each
other happy.
The beauty about owning bass
drum is that when it is busted your
wife can use it for hat box.
Some men are so hard to please
that they wouldn't even be satisfied to
be the coroner of a dead town.
Put your best foot forward, but
don't let it get so far ahead that your
other foot can't catch up with it.
Hoax-I make it point never to
argue with women or FOOLS" JoaX--
Then suppose you never get into any
arguments"
1t takes the average man a long time
the baseball player it's different; he
can read it in the naper next morning.
Managing Editor-"Why did you turn
down that Boston artists picture of
Cupid?" Art Editor-''He had Cupid
| using a bean-shooter instead of bow
and arrow"
Wigg-"I suppose they have exposed
plumbing at the state capitol Wage
Sure; 1 don't think there's a thing
in the whole structure that hasn't been
exposed
Tommy-"Pop, what is an agnostic?''
Tommy-s Pop-"An sgnostic, my son
is merely person who believes that
our mansions in the sky are really cas-
| ties in the air"
| You should take more exercise, y
| said the doctor impressively; ''you
| should get about more" Impossible u
| replied the patient; perhaps you don't
know I'm bill collector"
| Muggins-'I never thought that
/ Bjones would settle down SO after he
married. Mrs. Bjones has made a good
wife" Buggins-"I should say that she
had made a good husband"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01
AYHAWKER JOTS

DO p! believe Iey in deathbed repent
illustrate this. On the night of May
is, I got up to see the comet. I was
told that the most interesting time was
1870. L set my alarm clock for 1:20.
Upon going out to my porch I heard
my neighbor, John Brassfield, praying.
promising the Lord everything in or
der to be saved. AT 1:35, after the dan
ger was passed heard him say, That
say anything more about it, ''-Vinland
Vine.
John Baker. the town marshal of
Harrisonville, Kan, AYERS that he over
heard the conversation between two
little girls who are not vet old enough
to go to school. What makes horse
act naughty when he sees an auto ?"
one asked. TITS this way replied the
other: Horses is used to seein' other
horses pullin' rigs and they don't know
what to think of 'em goin' along with
out horse. 1 guess If you was to see
pants walkfn' down the street without
a man in 'em you'd be scared too."-
Beloit Times
Jake Wallenstein told the Atchison
Globe that this is a new story: Trav-
cling man, drunk. going by train from
Hutchinson to Wichita. Conductor, /"
be asked, 'thow far is it from Hutch
inson to Wichita?'' Fifty miles," the
conductor appeared, the drunken trav-
cling man asked him: How far is 1t
from Wichita to Hutchinson 81 told
you awhile ago." the conductor replied
angrily, that the distance from Hutch
inson to Wichita is 90 miles. Therefore
the distance from Wichita to Hutchin-
sen is the same.' II don't know about
that replied the drunken travelling
man, 'ft's week from Christmas to
New Year, but it's a good deal longer
from New Year to Christmas
Just what satisfaction anyone can
get out of criticism is hard to define,
but all the same critics are growing
more numerous all the time. 1t is
scarcely possible in this day for any
man to escape the scrutiny of the
critic. The habit of criticism will grow
on person the same as the tobacco
and whisky habits, and it is far more
damaging to the public welfare, be-
cause It arrays man against man,
reighbor against neighbor. Honest con-
domination of an existing wrong is all
right. but a studied criticism of every
thing right or wrong is not the right
spirit and should be shunned.-Towan-
de- News.
Here is a good story. and best be-
cause it is literally true, says the Gar
den City Telegram. A young woman
grade teacher asked her pupils to
draw pictures "about spring." To a
few of her intimate friends she ex-
hibited, later the production of one
of her favorites, a bright boy of -
years. 1t was crude, but the idea was
not to be avoided. He had a likeness
of lot of boys swimming, one with
heels in the air as he entered the
water, another with head and should
ers and a broad grin above water, and
another just describing a parabola or
some other kind of geometricaI sweep.
The teacher looked around. smiled.
and then observed that she supposed
the picture was symbolical of spring
because of the passion for swimming.
Looking more closely, she spied some
thing running off the bank over the
water. WHATS that2'' she asked,
ooh replied the boy with a grin,
that's a spring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01

Magazine. Thanks to the popularity
Of the homestead in the west and to
belated appreciation of agriculture
as a field for woman's industry, this
number is rapidly increasing. The
United States, however, has not gone
so far in this respect as England.
There, in the dairy sections, women
have entire control of the herds, not
only the butter making, but the milk
ing and feeding In France nearly
100000 women are engaged in farm
work, while in most of the countries
of continental Europe the finer breeds
of cattle are mainly the result of wo-
mans efforts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Civil words also pay pretty good divi-

Civil words also pay pretty good divi-
dendS.
X
If you laugh too easily the world will
laugh at you instead of with you.
X
Apparently the summer girl will have
to be content this year with a short
campaign.
Much of the sickness during the sum-
mer is probably caused by the decisions
OF the umpires.
x :. x
You often hear men say they enjoy
q quiet smoke but who among them
ever INDUCED in noisy one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Glob

IFrom the Atchison Globe
Children rarely cry to go to Sunday
school.
There is no point in fooling a man
who has no money.
Some lazy men can watch a game
of billiards all day.
Making money is like making love:
easy after you get fairly started.
Among boys, a lucky boy is one who
can learn to smoke without becoming
sick.
1t is possiblethese days to insure
any thing from life to nose glasses,
except a love affair.
Here is a funny story: man lately
committed suicide with a safety razor!
He must have swallowed it.
We believe in working for living,
but shall not insist it is necessary SO
long as the prophet can make his busi-
ness pay.
Unless you happen to be the inven-
tor thereof, labor saving machinery
isn't going to keep you from having to
work for a living.
Subject for discussion at the next
meeting of the Lancaster Literary So
ciety: Does a scolding hurt child
as much as a whipping ?"
1t is a great joke on little man to
have a fat WIFE Men may not speak
to him about it to his face, but they
talk dDluI II DSnluQ MS DacK-
One difference between the country
woman and the town woman is that
the first fears tramps, whereas the
second is worried about burglars.
Every man has an occasional streak
of strength and genius: in baseball, we
have noticed that occasionally the tail
enders will defeat the leaders.
The first cantaloupes are coming in,
and you frequently hear conversations
to this effect: I'VE had cantaloupe for
breakfast; but they wasn't any good
You know what causes runaways in
town: street cars and autom obiles. In
the country, they are caused by a dog
and a rabbit dashing by an unhitched
team.
A woman hates to room at a private
house: she is afraid members of the
family will go through her bureau
drawers, during her absence, and read
her letters, and look at her things.
Every time man shakes the pepper
| shaker on the table, he frowns at him.
self because he mistook it for the salt;
then he reaches for the salt shaker
| shakes it, and frowns at his wife be-
cause it Is empty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01
HUNOR or THE Day

NapOleon Napoleop THAT al right:
Roosevelt.-New York Sun.
Mother-In all that wild storm your sis
ter Maggie went out with her throat all
bare and exposed. Brother-Rain wont
hurt her She's got rubber neck.-Life.
Hank Stubbs-I hear we are goin' to hev
a suffragette society in Gungy this sum-
mer. Bige Miller-Last year it was the
Perkins-Did you see Morgan's new ma
chine? Jerkins-Not in time.-Smart Set.
1T wasn't much trouble to wind up poor
old sleezems affairs when he died" No?
An the property he left behind was a
My new hat is a poem. she said en-
bill for it, replied 1 he '"' de eHsVe Hnd sae
stand these stories of SO many poets dying
in poverty. Star.
He Answered Right--"so." said Tom
Stout's house today. I hope when it came
TO say ea reped ro@my
7 said NO several tines'' All you
me me if I had enough."-catholic s Standard
and Times.
My dear brother" said the clerical
looking man, are you doing anything to
keep your brother from falling?'' why,
yes" was the reply. I'm interested in a
concern that manufactures lamp postsr'-
Boston Courier.
Mrs. Starvem-How do you like the
chicken soup, Mr.. Newbord? Mr. New
-Oh-er-is this chicken soup? Mrs
Starvem-Certainly. how do you like Il?
Mr.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES certainly
very tender.-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Excuse my laughing. said Mrs
Bridey, but I'll never forget my feelings
when you asked me to marry you.''
''Why?" asked the husband. WAS it
such a hard thing to answer" mo, but
you were such a soft thing to answer
Catholic Standard and Times.
Only Hope.-He-Farewel1,n my darling
1 hope you will remain true to me- She
Through her tears)-I hope SO, too.-Fn-
gende Blaetter.
The Measure of Art.-De Friend-what
is that picture intended to represent? De
Artist-Board and lodging for six weeks
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Changing His Stunt.-Little Girl Ito
father who has done his one performance.
that of saying the alphabet Backward
Now say it sideways.-Punch.
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KANSAS CONAENT


A LESSON ON ADVERTISING.
once upon time there was a west
ern merchant who started business in
little wooden building, with about
wagon load of goods. He had a firm
1alth Ill advertising of the right kind
and ne gave it his serious attention.
Ihere was one daily paper in the town,
little evening sheet that went into
most of the homes. Every morning
tnat man wrote his ad for the day,
the frst thing. He had contracted for
certain small space in the paper and
ne had a fresh announcement every
DAY. His little story was we'll written
ana ne insisted upon typographical ac-
curacy and general good work on the
part OF the printers. He had a beau
the people in his little advertisements
ana everybody read all he had to say.
Many turned to his advertisements the
nrst thing every evening. Naturally
they began trading with him. If a
merchant Or anyone else amuses and
enfertains you every day. you'll have
a friendly feeling for him and will want
to show it.
AT the end of a year this merchant
moved into larger building and put
IN hne stock and kept along with
his hne of advertising talks. He con-
sldered that his most important work.
He neved trusted it to a clerk or stole
II from another paper, or asked the
editor to write it for him. A few
years later he built and owned the
finest trade palace in the town and was
marching on to commercial glory when
sickness overcame him and he died. A
man who hadn't much use for adver-
Using got control of the property and
went broke in couple of years This
Is true story, not a pipe dream, and
1T should have its moral.-Ernporia Ga
zette.
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THE YOUTHFUL TASTE.

EoIks talk about the balsam OF the pines,
The odor of the honeysuckle vines,
violet IN May;
But these are not a ioy
To the patriotic boy
Like the smell o. smoke gunpowderous,
on Independence Day.
folks talk about the landscapes of Corot,
the wonder-working Michael Angelo,
And all the masterpieces that are rev.
erently shown;
But these do not excite
such a rapture of delight
In the youthful celebrator as as'zazza''
of his own.
Folks talk about the music Of the band.
The songs of Adelina Patti and
The operatic chorus or the anthem and
the carol:
But these are not as sweet
To the urchin in the street
As giant shootin'- cracker that's
a-bangin in a barrel
Hamilton Hope aGlt, in the New York
Times.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

IF'rom the New York Press.1
Nerves are as often as not thinking
you have them.
A splendid thing to reform would he
reform movements.
The exasperating thing about money
is even if you don't spend it yourself
somebody else will for you
A girl can be interested in most any,
thing man wants to talk to her
about till she is married to him.
a woman's idea of an artistic nboto
graph is when it shows her very voun-
and fifty times as good LOOKING as
she is. a.
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dent Taft had every reason to believe
that this majority would uphold the
hands of the administration. But this
majority has been dissipated by mall
contents within the ranks of the Re-
publican party. And many sober mind
ed men and newspapers. as we'll are
ROW of the opinion that several of these
same malcontents obtained the votes of
their constituents under false pre-
lenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01

Those persons who insist that the
churches of the land have been fall
ing into a decline during the past de-
cade will not be able to get much sat
isfaction out of some recent statistics
Issued by the federal census bureau.
They show that the growth in the
number of church members was pro-
portionately greater in this country
during the period between 1900 and
1906 than was the increase in the
population of the nation.