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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
CUTTING LIVING EXPENSES.

1.-The present high cost of provisions
furnishes the subject for leading edi-
torials, congressional investigation.
and much talk among the neighbors,"
writes H. H. windsor in an instructive
and suggestive article in the April
Popular Mechanics. These discus
sions have been more or less edifying,
as they certainly are exhaustive.
Meanwhile the prices continue in
their Excelsior performance. Al
though so much has been printed
about a movement Back to the
Farm thus far about the only ones
who have reached that delectable des-
tination have been a comparatively
few, rich persons, who continue to
maintain their city homes. and whose
farming is confined TO the gentleman
variety. They would be unclassed-
at least they think they wouid-if
their agricultural operations failed to
cost them a good many thousands
more than they earned.
There are, however, thousands of
city jewellers, men on salaries none
too large, who might well consider
home in some small nearby suburb,
with an acre or less of ground about
the place. None but those who have
actually had experience begin to real
ize the productiveness of a single acre
when devoted to those things which
so largely constitute provisions. A
single acre will provide almost the
entire living for a good sized family,
If worked. An acre of grass may keep
a COW, but not family. The father
will find himself better man physi-
cally than he ever dreamed of being,
as a result of even a little outdoor
work each day: the fresh air and
quiet will do wonders for the mother
with nervous prostration, and If there
are any boys and girls old enough to
take q hand it will help them to a
vitality which no city-grown child
ever knows. transportation in these
days makes such residence possible,
and few who try it care to go back to
the old life. It's true there are few
err doctors in the block-but then you
need them less often Think it over"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
AS a general rule the girl who mar
ries a man to reform him doesn't.
The only way to tell good cigar
from a bad one is to buy your own.
Even the weather man may find it
hard to discover what he wants in the
bureau drawer.
When you hear of a man of 20 mar
rying, it is hard to determine just what
is the age of discretion
On the principle that he who gives
quickly gives twice, he who gives slow
~ doesn't have to give at all.
No, Maude, dear, we can give you
no information about Cooks tours to
the North pole during the coming sum-
mer.
The queerest thing about making a
Welsh rarebit is that it is ALWAYS al
most as good as the one you made the
last time you tried.
1t seems a shame that the man who
wants to stretch his legs a bit can't
get his exercise without the danger OF
having them pulled.
Rollingstone Nomoss-I can't un-
derstand them fellers what wants the
earth. Thirsty Thimgumbob-No; the
earth is three-quarters water.
Blobbs-He only married her be-
cause of her money. Slobbs-Well,
since, Biobbs-Yes; he is getting a
run for his money.
Newlywed-We spent our honey
moon in place in Switzerland, but 1
can't tell you the name of 1t. Wig
wag-How do you pronounce it?
Newlywed-You don't pronounce 1t.
You Yodel it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News.I

GFrom the Chicago News.
The man who doesn't know himself
is easily fooled.
The slowness of justice may be due
to it's blindness.
In order to hold his job diplomat
must hold his tongue.
missing suspender button often
leaves man in suspense.
Women with pretty teeth will laugh
at any well meaning joke.
A fool is a person who is not ad-
d1cted to our pet brand of folly.
Most young lawyers spend more time
practicing economy than law.
There are but few unhappy mar
riages- The unhappiness comes later.
No, Cordelia. a civil engineer is
never the monarch of all he surveys.
We haven't much use for a miser.
but 1t is better to freeze on to your
money than burn It,
OF course, we all want to get on the
safe side. but it's often a question
which is the safe side
The wise maid ascertains how much
a young man can afford to souander
for an engagement ring before extend-
ing the glad hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
RS A FIGHT AGAINST TAFT.

In all pre- baai1fty the real Significance
of the sudden and rather unexpected
move of the Insurgents in the house
of representatives yesterday against the
c--istinE rules Of that body-and which
was undecided as yet at this writing
is an effect of the malcontent Repub-
licans to embarrass the administration
of President Taft.
Reports Of late from washington
have indicated that plans had been per-
fected by the Republican leaders in
congress to adopt the legislative pro-
gram which has been suggested by the
president and which promises remedial
legislation on many Of the important
questions of the day-legislation that
the people have been demanding; legis-
lation that will carry out several OF the
Roosevelt policies. 1t is believed that
the Republican organization in the sem
ate and the house had the votes TO
pass this legislation, irrespective of the
attitude OF the insurgents in either
tody.
Insurgents would impair the Repub-
Iican machinery of the house through
the Norris resolution which. started the
fight that resulted in the all night ses-
sion. This resolution provides that the
nine Republicans and six Democrats.
The committee is to be made up of
representing different sec
tions of the country and chosen by
their fellow members. Under this plan
of creating the committee it would be
quite possible for the Insurgents to
get at least two of their number on
it as a part of the Republican mem
of nine. This would give these
two Insurgents with the Democrats
a working majority on the committee
The Insurgents always work hand in
glove with the Democrats. In fact
thew have been unable to accomplish
ANYTHING without Democratic aid. And
such an "insurgent" Democratic COM |
oination in charge of the rules COM |
nittee could control the working of |
he house ever to the extent of direct |
ng the course of legislation. 1t is easy |
% see the result. The insurgents"
md the Democrats could make short /
and sorry work of the Taft legislative |
crosran. They could give tire Taft |
administration the blacklist kind of an |
we, for Taft would get the credit for |
he failure of congress to enact needed
egisIation in the best possible way.
wen though he was in no way re-
.uoa sible for il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A better time to do things than the
present hasn't been discovered as yet.
n X n
Some people never appear to be hap
py unless they can get out OF tune with
their acquaintance.
~ 4 ~
Politeness seems to prevail pretty
generally on the part Of others in the
vicinity of wealthy folk.
y
All persons should try to appear
cheerful even If they're not. Cheerful
ness, even the assumed variety, pays.
" " u
The individuals who cheer the loudest
for proposition are usually difficult to
find when it comes time to take up a
subscription for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
common Sense.

The patent office is the one depart
ment of government which actually
yields a profit-something more than
$4,000 for the last fiscal year, during
which the fees amounted to $1,8S7,-
900. While it would seem increasing
ly difficult to invent something which
had not already been invented and
patented the records show $4,000 ap-
plications for mechanical appliances,
on which $4,000 patents were issued
InaSmuch as the past year shows an
increase of 1000 applications, it is evil
dent that invention, instead of growing
less, is, on the contrary, steadily in
creasing; and while many patents are
secured on which the inventors realize
little or nothing, yet fortunes are now
and will continue to be made from
new and practical ideas. In most cases
the cause of failure to realize expecta-
lions will be found in the natural ten
dency of an inventor to magnify the
possibilities and minimize the Difficult
ties of selling his invention. While an
occasional find is made by some one
working along a line in which he is
poorly informed, hundreds waste time
and money developing some device
which when finished proves to be
either old or without demand.
If the inventor would have his at
torney make a search of the records
before instead of after completing his
invention, he would save money and
be able to work out his ideas along
lines different from those already pro-
tected by patents.-H. H. Windsor, in
January Popular Mechanics
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
Made Rich Suddenly.

The prize of one million francs
lf40.oe0) in the second OF the eight
lotteries (Which took place in Paris
yesterday was won by ticket No.
1888 in series rs.
This ticket had been sold by the
Credit Lyonnais through THEM Poitiers
branch, and within one hour of the
drawing the bank had located" the
winner, who is a hairdresser named
Raou1 Quiet, aged 20, carrying on
business at IS Rue de Ia Tranchee,
Poitiers.
Quiet was shaving a customer when
the bank clerk called to inform him
that he was the winner of 100000.
razor and sank into a chair. speechless
with surprise.
He subsequently, explained that he
had bought the ticket for 16 shillings,
in partnership with two friends. a
baker named Trancilant and one of
the latter's journeymen. Although
the barber actually bought the ticket,
Tranchant paid half the price. and the
other two 4 shillings each, and it was
agreed that Tranchant should take half
the winnings (if any) and the other
two men should divide the balance.
Tranchant thus gets 100000 for his
shiIlings, and the other two 10000
each
After explaining that he and his
partners had signed q formal agree
ment embodying these terms when the
ticket was purchased, Quiet added,
land we agreed that If we won less
than f2. the money was to be spent
on a dinner!' Then he started in to
finish shaving his customer. Il shall
give up business" he said, land hand
over this hairdressing saloon to one of
nay friends"
Tranchant, the baker also intends
to quit business life ct shall work
little longer" he said, "till my second
workman is able to take over the
business, and then 1 shall retire My
first hand, Aubigeau, is as happy as I
am over this stroke of luck. He went
off to tell his sweetheart, and he is |
to be married almost Immediately" |
The names of the winners of the |
100000 prize and the two $4,000 |
prizes have not yet been announced
London Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

A prominent Russian has been ac-
Quilted of serious charges that he is a
revolutionist on an alibi. This will be
a surprise to many people. 1t was prob
ably not the general opinion that any
such thing as an alibf had any force
in a Russian court when a revolution
airy indictment was being tried. It has
been the prevailing opinion that the
mere lodging of a charge that an indi-
vidual was a revolutionist was all that
was needed to send a man to Siberian
exile or TO death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
SEEKING NEW PENCIL WOODS.

Recent conferences of representa-
tives of the department of agriculture
with several lead pencil, manufactur-
ers have resulted in plans for testing
new woods to find out. whether they
can be used in the pencil industry, ac-
cording to bulletin issued by the for
est service. According to some of the
manufacturers. the supply of red
cedar, which furnishes practically all
the wood for the annual output of some
325, 100000 pencils, will be exhausted
within Eve years. A substitute must
be found which will whitt1e easily,
which shall contain a large amount of
material free of knots, which shall not
be porous, nor spongy, nor unduly
hard, and which shall occu-, in suffi-
cient quantities to meet the manufac
turers' demand.
In view of this and at the suggestion
of the pencil makers, the forest serv-
ice is to cooperate in a test of a num-
Der of national forest woods. Among
those to be tried are Rocky mountain
red cedar. alligator juniper. western
juniper, redwood, incense cedar. west
ern cedar, Port oxford cedar and
Alaska cypress. Wood specimens col
lected from the national forests will
be sent to four leading manufacturers,
who have agreed to make pencils of
them. The manufacturers will keep
record of the tests and report to the
forest service the results, as well as
their judgment as to the fitness of
the individual woods.
The forest service is assisting in this
experiment because there are on the
national forests large quantities of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
a HUNTER.

He never shot a lion,
He never hunted bear:
he never chased a g1ub-glub
Or a boojick to its lair;
he never tanned a. Snortle
Or laid yapper low
And vet he is a hunter
Whom it's worth your while to know.
In breathIess expectation
He creeps on hands and knees,
On unfamiliar pathways,
Afraid to even sneeze.
He is indeed g. hunter,
martyr of the chase
Who hunts his collar button
Underneath the dressing easel
-Washingtoui Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

Assuredly is Topeka becoming real
metropolitan. More evidence that this
is so developed in the plan that some
one set on foot to levy an assessment
on the salaries of the members OF the
police force and other city employees to
swell the campaign fund Of some of the
candidates for office under the COM
mission form OF government Mayor
Green did the right thing in promptly
squashing the life out the enterprise
With a vigorous stamp of his foot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

jumpers and cedars which may be suit
able for pencil manufacture. For sew
eral of these woods no very valuable
use has yet been discovered. For
esters believe that in the future the
woods from the national forests may,
to considerable extent, come into use
to supplement- the diminishing stock of
eastern woods. the supply OF which has
received no protection. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l


Temptation gets in its fine work by
your thinking it isn't.
A woman can no more doubt her love
letters than her Bible.
A prize fight is more honorable than
business competition, because it has
fair rules
A man takes exercise mostly to bore
other people telling them about how he
does it.
A rake will put away wine in the cell
lar for his grandchildren, but a farmer
won't set out fruit trees for his in the
orchard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

Now it is certain that the millen-
MUM is approaching. A marshal of
the village of Willoughby. O., and the
city boiler inspector of Cleveland have
voluntarily given UP their jobs, which
paid remunerative wages, because they
did not have the nerve to draw salaries
from the public which they felt they
were not earning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

| IAN amateur performer is one who sings
planned Mrs cumro ne aS Thst didn!t sound
IKE love to me-. replied her husband:
washington Star.
. These are times Of revelry. on the farm.
w nen are you going to bed?'' asked the
head farmer. lamp in hand ION, / don't
Fxnow, answered the hired man. Il don't
tills o'clock."-BuRalo Express.
gain counter today, Binks-wkat was it?
York Press.
change If women get the bailot7 ned
polling the Bargain counter to pa Close Sbie
the polls are open.-Ally Sloper.
I've must call ON the countess next"
But the countess is in jail" well, one
M 5-i not neglect ones social duties. Let
cards. Detroit Free Press.
last week? Clara with enthusiasrn)-Oh
really true that your uneie e eft SP1 his
ney?-Pick-Me-Up
THE candidate insists that he was de-
feated by the trusts Yes" answered
Senator Sorghum. whenever a man gets
with the idea that he had a mighty big
antagonist. -Pittsburg Post
Stepping into a large book shop in STRAIT
ford-on-Avon one morning. I inquired OF
Pepys' Diary? % Instantly came the re-
ply: Our supply of diaries has not yet
been, received. "-Lippincott's
Got any little nieces or nephewsg"
Nope. ITO whom are you going to
leave your money!" ITO my fashionable
sister-in-law. / guess. She once named
a poodle after me- kansas City Journal.
To the Woods.-Mrs. Crimsonbeak-It is
of the United states covered s5oO00.OOO
acres and contained Sc, 600 10000 feet Of
lumber. Mr.. Crfmsonbeak--In those days.
you see. there was some place for a man
Yonkers Statesman.
Crabbe-He's the meanest fellow ever
met. Goodley-At any rate he's success
full. He has taken advantage Of his oppor-
tunities. Crabhe-Yes, and L guess his
other sign of his meanness.-Catholic
Standard and Times.
Patience-What is she doing with all the
saving 1t so she can support another hus-
band.-Yonkers Statesman.
Johnny. can you tell US why Washing
ton is called the Father of his Country
. Cause he walked the floor good many
Chicago Record-Herald.
IT guess made a mistake. 1 wouldn't
paint doorstep for the old tenant"
entire house for the new tenant.''-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

Theodore Roosevelt. jr., will leave
his carpet factory job in June. Being
a Roosevelt and chip of the old block
at that it is vnly natural that he should
learn the carpet weaving business in
all of its details in eighteen months or
so. even if it does take other men a
lifetime to accomplish the same trick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

To save the red race from extinc-
ton is reported to be the concern of
the government authorities at Wash
ington. It has been apparent for a
long time that the benevolent assimi-
lation'' which has been accorded to the
red men has worked out only in MAX
ing good Indians in the proverbial
sense of the term It's about time
some other plan was tried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
Union. of Churches.

| The last decade has witnessed many
church union movements, but none
| more startling than that to unite the
Protestant Episcopal and Congrega-
tional bodies. The last conference of
bishops of the Anglican communion
declared that the new conditions con-
! fronting the church made new de-
mands for unity, and expressed the
wish that the conferences might be
arranged with representatives of 9TH
| er Christian churches for the growth
of unity. Prompted by this generous
attitude, DR.. Newman Smith, author
of the Passing of Professionalism, at
the conferences of Congregational
churches of Connecticut, In the fall
of 1908, moved the appointment of a
committee by that body to bring about
committee. consisting of DR.. Smith.
Judge Baldwin, of New Haven. and
the Rev Frederick Greene, met last
May with Bishop Brewster, OF Con-
New York, and several other proTni-
nent clergymen of the Episcopal
church, for an unofficial consideration
Of union. Harmony pervaded the dis
mutual concessions. At the recent Con-
gregationa1 conference of Connecticut
the committee reported progress, and
the committee was enlarged and con-
tinued. No program Of union has yet
been made out; no immediate hopes of
union are entertained. The purpose
of conferences now to be held, as of
the first, will be to consider in a
conceSsive and hopeful spirit existing
differences and possible ways of go
ing beyond them. AS one member of
the committee said, if something prac-
tical develops In the next quarter of a
century it will be the most that can
be expected.
At the Episcopal missionary con-
ference of New England, held a short
while ago at Hartford, Bishop Hall,
of Vermont, aroused much enthusiasm
by his earnest advocacy of union. He
declared that the Episcopal church
was willing to give up its thirty nine
articles of religion, it's name of "Epis-
copal,'' and TO sink its identity in re-
turn for truth, simple and definite.
IF Bishop Hall were authorized to
speak for his entire church, the hopes
of the most sanguine for speedy un-
ion might be justified. The points at
isue between these two churches are
greater and more numerous than
would be the case with some others,
and for this reason the effort toward
union becomes the more significant.
The especially cordial relations that
have for years existed between Con-
eregationalists and EpiScopalians
New England will greatly
facilitate the movement. In all dis
that is expected to result in
actual union rather than in absorp-
ton of one body by the other, the
too much emphasized So great are
the differences to be overcome in this
case that ? happy conclusion will
open the way to bringing together
many other churches.-Leslfe' Week
~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

Justice Wright of the superior court
of the District of Columbia found an
easy way out of the threatened clash
between his court and the members of
congress who had refused to obey
subpoenas summoning them to court
as witnesses. He dismissed the suit in
which they had been called. 1t will be
remembered. though, that this same
Justice Wright was not SO solicitous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

Arguments are being made in Chi
cago that the adoption OF prohibition
for that city would kill the town by
seriously interfering with the conduct
of the affairs of the municipality, as
much of the city's revenue now comes
from the tax on saloons. Similar conten-
lions have been made before in other
localities. but they have been refuted
in > no uncertain fashion by prohibit
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

An unusual man is Mr.. LIE Roy
Percy, the new United States senator
from Mississippi. He is out with a
statement to the effect that during his
term of Office he will not make any at
tempt to revolutionize the laws of the
country, nor the rules of tha distin-
Huished body to which he has been
LIZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

Senator McCumber may rail at the
Indian schools says the New York
World. as producing "only football
players and horn-blowers," but, adds
the World, che pays an indirect trib-
ute to their efficiency as measured by
educational standards"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

for peace when he had a chance to lay
the heavy hand OF the law upon Sam
Gompers and the other labor leaders.
AS Kipling would say: THAT is an
other story
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
EROA OTHER PENS
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.

When looked at from the standpoint
of effectiveness in diminishing crime
one is led to ask whether or not the
money spent for the conviction and
punishment of criminals is well placed.
Crime does not decrease in proportion
as the amount of money spent in the
punishment OF criminals increases On
the contrary prisons and jails seem to
have comparatively little effect. The
punishment of the adult criminal is
essential for the protection of society.
but ii does not seem to diminish crime
or the tendency toward crime ma
terially.
Are we beginning at the right place
to prevent criminality? Or is the hui
man race so depraved that it is be-
yond the power of mortal man to
straighten out? One trouble is that
the broad-gauged people, who have the
good of humanity at heart, have only
recently been getting at the solution
In the right way. Juvenile courts,
which have been established for the
purpose of nipping the criminal ten
dency in the bud and starting the young
rascal on the highway to responsibility
may be doing much good, but still they
have not yet checked the tendency to
crime.-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18

One Kansas farmer stands "a good
chance for being mobbed by his
brethren. He expresses the opinion
that hogs are too high.