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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-29

driven by Stanley. The secret of the
inland trips and the daily hammering
was solved. The girl waved an en-
s e..a nand as Stanley scared
IT was probably an hour before the
youth returned. Flushed with
triumph. he made a graceful descent
10 the beach near the cottage, and
leaving his inventions, hurried to the
cottage, Mildred was not there. Nor
did she return. stanley waited i'm
patiently until dark She was gone,
very respondent Stanley sat be-
iore his bungalow the next day. II
believe could do it, he muttered;
BY George, will do itI This island
IS like a cemetery since she left. I
believe know now who she Is and
how she came and went so suddenly
ana I-well, III surprise her. and the
otherI''
At a little private docking place
near Oakland, Cal, a peculiar craft
suddenly poked a pig-Iike snout out of
the water and came. silently in. "A
tail, gaunt, suspicious eyed man, fol-
lowed by a youthful maid, stepped
out of peculiar hatch and onto a
little dock as the sea contrivance
stopped.
In space on the beach where the
shadows of the great trees did not
reach, a man stood waiting them.
GU. SaSped the g1fl.
II started home at once" ex-
planned Stanley, coming forward and
taking the hand Of the girl in his
own.
Gut
The youth. took the question out of
her mouth. FThe names did it, he
interrupted. I was dense not to
have seen it all long while ago. A
comparison of names and the cireum-
stances attending your coming to my
island should have told me that you
We're the daughter of DR. Allen, the
submarine boat inventor"
Father is terribly suspicious -
came from the girl. I'VE had a
rather serious accident on our first
trial trip, and he had to tighten cargo.
Father had been on your island some
time before, and he knew of the pres
ence of the cottage, but thought it UNI
tenanted. He was to come back for me
at once. but more little accidents pre-
vented this. He had my word for it
that I wouldn't tell a soul about his
boat. You see the patents hadn't
been granted. as yet, and
Had known. my daughters host
was the justly famed Bert Stanley,
| inventor of the most successful air
craft in the world, it would have been
different" added the father
'And we are glad to be able to
thank you for. your kindness to, me
while ] was-was marooned,'' added
| the girl. Them you must come
home with US and be our guest while
iyou are resting"
l ! Il"
you will come-for me-" half
| Stanley looked deep in her eyes,
and
4 Went!--( copyrighted 1910 by Assoc
eiaetd Literary sPressO $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-29
THE CHIEFsHIP on POLICE.

Not very many people have rushed
as yet to the support of the suggestion
that the office of chief Of police in the
cities of Kansas should be made an
elective one. Nor is it likely that many
WILL In the first place there are too
many elective offices now. and the av-
erage voter is more or less befuddled
when it comes time for him to dis
charge his great duty at the polls.
He is not likely even to know by repu-
tation many Of the men who are run
ming for this and that Office, so he is
scarcely in q position to cast his vote
for the best candidate. And in the sec
rond place, this would be the poorest
possible way to provide a city with
head for it's police department.
If the chiefship of police of Topeka.
for instance. were turned into an cleo
tive office, most people probably have
an idea of the number of men who
would try to land the job. 1t would
be large. There is more or. less at
tractiveness about being the chief
peace officer in every commun-
ity, regardless of it's size. Not a
few men are obsessed With opinions
that they are born Sherlock Holmeses.
and they would like nothing better than
a chance to try for a place that would
let them put their talents to a test,
With the present free-for- all primary
system in vogue, there would be a great
contest for this place, The policemen
of the city would line themselves up
behind this candidate or that enc for
the purpose of maintaining their posi-
tions, il their man won. This would
result in the utter decentralization OF
the police department. Then again, the
candidate, regardless of his qualifica-
tions, who might be the best hand
shaker or jollier and have the most
friends in town, would be more than
likely to win out. And after winning
out he would consider himself behold
ing to nobody, and this would put the
administration of the police depart
ment in nine cases out of ten. at vari-
ance with general administrative policy
of the higher city officials.
The present plan of allowing the
mayor to appoint the chief of police
is by far the better one. If the people
select the right kind of a man for
mayor, he can be depended upon to
appoint a man of experience and eff
fectiveness to be chief of police.
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Wilbur Wright on Aviators.

Wilbur Wright, at the Asbury Park avi-
alton meeting said of risky aviatnrs:
These daredeviIs ought to be hurt q lit
tie now and then. It teaches them a
lesson. Otherwise they have too much
faith in their luck. Their faith becomes
as ridiculous as that of Hiram Bucktoss
of West CaTrolton. 49,
Hiram Bucktoss. a West Carrolton
farmer used to come in to Dayton every
Saturday afternoon to shop, and the boys
at the feed store would take many many a rise
believe anything-aeeede to the tailest
couldn't shatter Hiram's proverbial faith
a Dayton wit said:
'Spealxin' of buffaloes. Mr.. Buektoss.
did I ever tell you that when was out
west seen a buffalo up tree eatin
Indeed said Hiram. He didn't even
look a bit startled, but only interested and
q That's what I said repeated the wit.
WHY. Mr. Bucktoss, didn't you never see
no buffaloes up trees?
No. faltered Hiram. No; I can't say
rye often heard, he added. how very
fond they are of grapes New York
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QUAKER sIEDTrAToNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Procrastination is word that car
ries wait.
No man is so sharp that some one
doesn't try to sit on him.
It's when a woman gets stout that
she doesn't like to see things going to
waist.
Any man can get into a fight, but
sometimes it takes a certain amount of
courage to keep out of one.
Siliicus--I wonder how he acquired
such a profound knowledge OF men.
Cynieus-Perhaps by studying women
Many man hatters himself that
he holds the key to the situation, only
TO find that some other fellow has
picked the lock-
$50 you don't care for private the
|atricals. eh?" said the amateur Thes-
Man. ooh, yes: If they are absolutely
private" replied the blunt person
Blobbs-Afy wife is practicing econ
omy. Last week she saved 35 cents
on eggs. Slobbs-Wei1, suppose that's
something to crow about.
.I,m afraid I shall have to wear
glasses" remarked the solid citizen
aAre you troubled with your eyes? p
said the man who asks foolish ques-
|tions. mo. with bunions." replied the
solid citizen.
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JAYHAWKER JOTS

Attention yeggmen, says Charles
Blakesley: Bankers in Sabetha adver-
tise that their safes are burglar
proof"
Uncle Ben" Walleck, the veteran
Atchison county auctioneer, is still cry
ing sales at the age of nearly 80 years.
and it is said he refuses to be called
colonel" Perhaps he thinks he has
been in the business. long enough to 10
promoted to brigadier general.
Kansan.
We are all kings and queens in our
own rights in this great and glorious
country of ours. but at the same time
let us not forget that according to the
last census We-aFe, each and every one
of us, only 1-9o.0 0e, 600 part Of the pop
uiation of the country.-Anna Carlson
in Lindsberg News.
A man in a nearby town fell down
the cellar steps the other day with a
barrel of apples on top of him. He
broke his left leg. his right arm, two
ribs, his nose, one finger, cut his
scalp, sprained his ankle and put his
shoulder out of joint. But he didn't
if it hurt him. Then he did BOTH
McLouth Times.
You have heard a lot Of how fool
ish some women are over dogs. You
have also heard of the monkey par
ties" given by the 400 in New York.
but 1f1faWatna society woman IS
trotting right along in the same class
Last Christmas she had Christmas
tree for her cat. On the tree were lit
tie fish, mice and other stuff, pleasing
to the cat.-Sabetha Herald.
A Butler county school teacher
writes to the Eldorado Advocate:
MANY years ago, when 1 was teach
ing a little school in a baekwoods
country, one day took little S-year-
old girl on my lap and said to her:
Maggie, do you know what it means
to be polite?' of course L dot was
the ready response. 1T means to act
nice when you are away from home
I could not help laughing but during
the years that have passed since then
have found that there are very many
people-big and little-whose opinion
of the term spoliteness' is similar to
that of the little maid"
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years ago, constituted q successful as-
ricultural college Would today he
small and uninportant institution in
deed. The demands of the immediate
future promise to be as large and inn
portant as have been those Of the re-
cent cast.
For the first time in history, such
fundamental problems as the worlds
food supply, the conservation of nat
ural resources, and the revitahzing OF
the country church. the rural school
and indeed country life, are made the
special problems of the agricultural
college.
The farmer no longer attempts to
work out his own difficult problems
but refers them to the experiment sta
ton. Thousands of farmers cannot
avail themselves of the opportunities
the college offers by studying at the
college. but they rely upon the farm
ers' institutes, the demonstration
farms. the instruction trains, and the
reading courses, for definite instruc
ton and guidance. The losses from
several of the animal diseases, which
formerly mounted into millions of dol
lars annually. are now being prevent
ed by the serums produced at the ag-
ricultural college.
The amount and kind of service the
people of state may expect from
their agricultural college will be def
niteiy gagged by the financial support
accorded it.
The college has asked for $3.50, 900
for 1s11-'12 and $555. 900 for 1928.
1t has a right to expect that much. If
the 2.4eo students of the year were to
be provided for properly much
larger amount would be needed. Is
Kansas to continue crowding its boys
and girls into inadequate quarters?
How long will it be necessary to have
some Of the classes outdoors and some
in easements?
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KANSAS COMMENT
A TRUE INsURGENT.


george Bernard Shaw, the English
author, playwright and guardian of
puplc welfare, doesn't like the way
things are done in England, aside from
what he does himself, and he is even
less pleased with the rest of the world,
it having no George Bernard Shaw to
LOOK after it. In fact, George is about
the. most thorough type of insurgent
the world has produced since his own
couptryman,. Cromwell, killed a few
thousand tn people TO prove his right to
Shaw's latest suggestion is that ev-
eryone is entitled to a pension of ST.
300 year. That may seem an ex-
traVagant demand, but if Shaw were
an American congressman instead of
a world critic, it would probably land
him the speakership. BY sitting the
sounds which have landed popular
lty for many an American insurgent,
you will find a lot of suggestions as
1mpracticabie and as delightful in
prospect as this latest from the modest
Engl1shman who, admits he has
Shakespeare beaten as a writer of his
mother tongue. No doubt Shaw would
even admit he Is greater insurgent
that La Toilette Q or Victor Murdoch,
but is he?-Atchison Globe.
DON'T TALK HARD TIMES.
After all there is a good deal in
1t is infectious, everybody talks duh
times. Instead OF rustling around to
take care of what business there is.
they all go sit down and Nope over
dull times. II a customer does hap
pen to drop into one of these dull
times stores -hez actually gets fright
ened out of one-half as much as he
expects to buy, because things look so
blue. He catches the spirit of the
store and resolves to hang on to all
his money with death grip, even if
his business goes to pieces on account
of running short of goods to fill up the
empty shelves. The bug-bear of hard
times should be sat down upon. 1t is
doing more to kill business than any
thing else. Tell a man he is sick,
keep it up, and you will eventually
mound him to death.-Lebanon Times.
o.
ONE ON THE GOVERNOR.
Official reports are dull and unin-
teresting usually and are about the
last place in the world where one
would look for humor, but it creeps
into them sometimes. In his annual
report John S. Dawson, attorney for
the board of railroad commissioners
and an appointee of Governor Stubs
gives credit for the course taken COM
pelling the repair of the Missouri Pa
cific to the railway commissioners The
governor has been advertising the ac-
ton In a way to create the impression
that he alone did it. Dawson's COM
ment, coming as it does in an official
report, is therefore causing a great
deal of amused comment in Official
clrcles.-Leavenwor Times.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
IRON the Atchison Gloae.l

We get SO tired of the news in
the newspapers.
People never care for the divorced
man who talks great deal about it.
We. are becoming very tired of the
people who have at in them,'' but
never get it out.
The question is often asked: What
do people want? '' They can't tell un-
til they've seen it.
Bluffs work SO well that a lone high
wayman occasionally holds up an entire
train of passengers.
81 don't ask that your kin be dis
tinguished,'' a man said to his wife;
''all ! ask is that they keep away
One of the funniest things in town
is a strong-minded. forceful woman
who runs her church as absolutely as
though she owned it all.
Now that Christmas is over, people
are picking a good deal at Santa Claus
But there is one thing about Santa
Claus: he always manages to Come
Rack.
We have noticed that young people
hate to get up in the morning. How
they enjoy sleep! And since they en-
joy sleep SO much. why don't they go
to bed early?
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Not a few people get along much bet
ter than they deserve.
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Among the unfortunate people in this
world are those who think they can sing
and can't.
And along comes noise like Gentle
Spring in the winter time when nearly
every individual has on his fiannels.
Any number of young men go through
college without getting educated. So
do lots Of young women, too.
X y =
Most of the Christmas presents have
been priced by this time by their re-
cipients. and many of them have been
exchanged for something else.
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HUA0R OF THE DAY

Hewitt-Lend me. your ears Jewett-1
can't; I've lost my head.-New York Press.
didn't find the North Pole 'sWeii, that
makes It unanimous. doesn't it?''-Detroit
There's no danger" said the doctor.
It's only carbuncle coming ON the back
Of Of your GU ines neck. But you must keep your
How is it that that exasperating old
Scalsey is always in the public eyer Il
human cinder.''-Buffalo Express.
:, She u, swoTe she'd get even with him il
"She became his second wife's dressmaix-
er."-Boston Transcript.
he saw. her dancing in her bare feet. He
probably inherited his liking for hare
feet. His father laid the foundation of
his fortune as chiropodist. Chicago
May is .. aSsaafullS disappolntsd in her
j just found out that ali those beat1f1
weren't original. "-cleveiand L eaderp.
Nebuchadnezzar was lunching in his az
customed style. "All flesh being grass :,
he reflected" this must be beef 4 Ia mos mos
ed" And. ehqcking hoarsely, he took an
other chaw.-Puck.
What shall we DO with this job lot of
place and mark 'em 10 cents q Erab' E,re
cry family buys a Christmas present ~,
father. louisville Courier-Journai -o'
Uncle-Afy dear boy. it's a fact that r.
bacilli on paper money have caused many
uncle, you might let me have a few NIL ~ ~
I'm very tired of 1ife.-F1iege Blaeftsss-
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Earthquake-Proof Building.

That it is possible to build struc-
lures that will absolutely Withstand
severe earthquake shocks was the
opinion expressed by Prof. Charles NJ.
spofford. head of the civil engineering
department at the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology. at the first com
bined dinner and banquet of all the
professional societies at Technology,
held in the Tech union.
Prof. Thomas A. Jaggar, head of
the geological department gave an il
Illustrated lecture on his investigation
into the cause of earthquakes made
with Professor Spoford during 1.-The
summer in Costa Rica
The two technology scientists went to
Carriage, Costa Rica, last May to in
vestigate the cause of the earthquake
which destroyed the city of Carriage,
killing more than 500 inhabitants and
damaging structures for a distance of
Is miles.
1.-The result OF the investigation. -
said Professor Jaggar showed that
the problem, from the human stand
point, was one of construction. There
is not a reinforced building in Costa
Rica The mud buildings so common
in that region are utterly unfit to with
stand such a shock. They crumble at
the slightest vibration"
He stated also that should Boston
ever be visited by such shock, the
entire Back bay district would be de-
molished.
1.-THE high skyscrapers and other re-
inforced steel structures would not be
injured in the least What will stand
UP under such conditions is the wood
en- frame buildings and other similar
reinforced structures he said,
"Our conclusions, continued Pro-
fessor Spofford. -"are that wooden
frame buildings of moderate. height,
with walls and partitions formed by
metal laths or expanded metal. COW
| cred with lime plaster, will resist with
! little or no damage. boston Herald.
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a SONG OF LEE.

Say moi, St'I live."
Unless the mornings trumpet brings
A shock of glory to your soul.
Unless the ecstacy that sings
Through rushing worlds and insects
Sends you upspringing to your goal,
Glad of the need for toll and strife,
Eager to grapple hands with life
Say not. Il live"
Say not. st live
Unless the energy that rings
Throughout this universe of fire
A challenge to your spirit filings.
Here in the world of men and things,
Thrilling you with a huge desire
To mate your purpose with the stars,
To shout with Jupiter and Mars
Say not. IT live
Say not. ct live"
Such were a libel on the plan
Blazing within the mind of God
Ere world or star or sun began,
Say rather. with your fellow-man,
II grub, I burrow in the sod.
Life is not life that does not flame
With consciousness of whence it came
Say not, II liver
The Delineator.
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The advantage of this form of Inner
lex is that it keeps the reader guess
ing. In the above Example, for in
stance, it will take the readers about
seven years to guess the name of the
fat Emporia politician. They will be
so worked up over the puzzle that they
will neglect to note the poeticaI and
grammatical defects of the compost
ton. Even the beautiful illustration
will not detraet attention from the
thrilling mystery of the Emporia pol
itieiaH's identity.
The Increased Cost of Living is also
an interesting topic of limerickitis.
Take, for instance, the following:
Said stingy old boob to his daughter;
You are spending more kale than you
aughter;
So refrain, I entreat,
From washing you feet
In bucket of Florida waughter.''
Do you get the idea, dear pupils? OF
course you do, so go to it. With an
example like this for a starter YOU
should be able to put over some good
ones. Try something on your sausage
mill about the unfortunate household
err who was constrained to SILVER when
he noted the price of fresh liver.
NOTE: A cop is watching the front
door, but up to a late hour this after
noon, has not broken in. If he does
not, Lesson " will appear tomorrow.
Statistics indicate that Christmas
kills more children than Fourth of
July. But Fourthofju1y is handicapped
by a new discovery. Formerly they
had an even break-two chances to
each; Fourthofjuly having tetanus and
the unioaded gun, and Christmas the
acute indigestion and the Christmas
tree fire. But the kiddies have dis
covered that eating fnist1etoe herrias
will save their parents the expense of
college education, thus giving Christ
mas an advantage.
1. A bucket of butter 40 years old has
been found in a well at Hope. The
bidding on this rare find Is open only
to restaurants.
l. H G. P
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press

[FTom the New YORK Press
Most women have a great yearning
for blond hair unless they have it,
People marry so much trouble it's a
wonder they should want to borrow
more.
If q man suddenly made a million
dollars he'd Just as suddenly make as
many friends.
A woman never needs a reason for
loving a man, nor does he either, till
after they are married.ESs Aa,E
After all. children deserve a good
deal of indulgence for the weird names
their parents stick on them
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Some New Jersey enthusiasts have
started an agitation for legislation thai
will compel the married men of mos
quito land to wear rings on their thumbs
SO they can be readily identified by the
Innocent and trusting naidens who
might be tempted to fall in love with
them. Perhaps it would be better and
more appropriate to make the married
men wear signs labeled, Sold
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l:El
r9sz::ls

Judge Buekman announces that he
expects profitable session of legis-
iature= We would like to call the
Judges attention to the anti-lob law,
the anti-pass law, and the fact that
working for three-bones- superintendent
board-yourself is not generally consid-
cred profitable.
MarJory Bewersock once called up
on this department. Her call was brief.
ana amounted to a five-minute chat
e.s newspaper affairs. But at that
which leads us to believe that the
young gent who got her should not
miss the parental forgiveness very
much; A young gent of good taste
ana discernment would consider Papa
Bowersocks cash and forgiveness
Social note: Paul Lovewell of Jo-
prlstoWy1lle, was in our midst yester-
day. And we noted with approval that
aithough he has lived in that village
three years. he wears neither side
Whiskers nor checkered clothes.
The latest big one from Leaven-
worth is to the effect that the music of
a merry-go-found organ ''quieted" a
riot among circus animals The corr
respondent probably meant to write
"overpowered," but struck the wrong
keys. -
LIMERICKS:
Lesson III.
AS a diversion, it is considered the
proper thing in limerick writing to in
sert an occasional puzzle limerick
something like the following:
A fat man who lives at Emporia
With political forecasts will boria,
Till you get such pain
You can scarcely refrain
From taking ratsbane or castoria.
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In reply to the Danes attack on him.
DR.. Cook calls Knud Rasmussen a
muckraker. This opens the way for a
reply from Knud, and then the North
Polar controversy will be on again with
all of it's oldtime vigor. The only won
der is that Captain Peary has kept out
of it so long. He can surely be depend
ed upon. though, to inject. few bru-
tai remarks before it goes much fur
Their
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these days, though, about tainted
money" The cry which was raised
against it did not turn out to be very
popular. Tainted" or otherwise,
money, that is worth 100 cents to- the
dollar viii always find willing haNls
to take it