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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

These words of Solomon, quoted
above, are so true, so patent. that they
scarcely need any elucidation. The
man who steers his course in life
among the things that are good is ac-
corded favor by every one. The few
noses that may be turned up at him
are on the faces of the ignorant.
Everybody of intelligence knows
that this is so. There Is evidence of
1t on all sides. The men who stand
who do what is right by their friends,
their acquaintances and their business
associates and who also do right by
themselves, who live honest, sober and
upright lives. There is an occasional
apparent exception to this rule. Once
in while a scoundrel succeeds in
fooling the people for a shorter or
longer period of time, but eventually
he is found out and the successes he
may have gained mean little to him.
It is no easy matter, though, for all
people to be good. With a few, 1t
seems to be a perfectly natural faculty,
and quite the only way that they could
go. But with the many, there must be
constant effort If the goal is to be at
tanned. Their temperaments, their
passions are always busy Juggling them
away from the desirable path. They
don't purposely seek out mischief with
all Of its distressing consequences.
Mischief seems to bob up in front of
them at every turn Of the road. Theirs
is one continual struggle to keep out of
its clutches. And their success in do
ing so is the larger achievement. Once
in a while they fall by the wayside.
They have almost unwillingly slipped.
It Is really a bitterer pill for them to
swallow than It is for their friends.
That's the time, also, when they need
help and q word of encouragement.
For their innermost desires are Of the
better order. There is gold at the
core OF their hearts and they are of
a disposition to be lavish with it.
There is that other class of unfor-
tunates, however, who seem to delight
in seeking out mischief and playing
with its fires. They burn their fingers
time and time again. But that only
seems to give them a renewed zest in
the chase after things which will bring
titled to help. also, to advice from
their more sensible friends, but they
spurn it. They call it folly and that's
the reason so many of them hurry
along to an inglorious end.
One of the oldest of the old saws is:
BE gAod and you'll be happy" It is
complete sermon in six words. 1t
points the only way to attain that
condition Of life which is the inherent
longing with all normal humans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

business ability to support her. have
million, more or less, that the pater
left me, but Mr.. Coxton wants me to
prove up. He telegraphed me this
Blissville today"
You don't mean John Coxton p"
asked the athletic Instructor.
Eyes"
well, my boy. either you are one
OF the most imaginative bugs I have
telling the brand of truth that is
stranger than fiction. Anyway, John
Coxton owns and controls this insti-
tuition, and If he is In Blissville, as YOU
say. he will be out here, and you will
have chance to see him and prove
your story
"I'll prove 1t all right" Damon as
serted grimly.
And this was easily done, for to the
dying whirr Of suddenly stopped
motor Coxton entered the Office.
"Mr. Coxton!' Damon arose eager
ly and strobe toward the man. The
stout, middle aged one, with the florid
cheeks and iron gray hair, turned in
surprise.
you, Damoni" he calculated.
"Just So" ventured the youth, ex-
tending his hand. kindly assure
your-er-athletic instructor as to my
sanity. I was kidnapped by the driver
Of this sanitarium, and this gentleman
This Is Damon, Mulqueen," came
from the cigar magnate, crisply, land
he is all right. but don't understand
this complication. Explain"
Damon speedily explained
Coxton laughed at the completion of
the tale. "Well, anyway, you're here
and unhurt." he ventured. "I want
ed to see you and tell you that your
sales up to date have proved that you
can make good. No use in covering
these tank towns. I'll accept your res
ignation, If you like, and you can go
home and prepare for an early au-
tumn wedding"
Sorry we can't have that CO." ven
tured Mulqueen as sometime later
the youth was leaving the institution.
I'm not" grinned Damon, survey
ing critically the husky frame of the
| man. I'm in trainsag for bout with
Hymen, and I don't care to take on
any one before the great event.
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Steamships Glory-HoIe.

The glory-hole of transatlantic
steamship is that part of the craft be-
tween decks which is given over to the
stewards and their assistants. There
are seafaring folk who do not hesitate
to say the glory-hole is beyond refor-
ration are redemption. Twenty-four
hours a day. week day and Sunday,
something is going on there, and in
niSdemeanors on shipboard are traced
to and blamed upon the gloryhole.
Not long ago when British liner en-
tered port the stewards went on a glo-
rlous drunk and were ready for any
thing: 1t had been a prosperous voy-
spending mood A committee was ap-
pointed to go ashore and purchase
something which would assist in in
creasing the life in the gloryhole. With
in three hours the committee was back
at the pier with a truck, on which was
q secondhand piano of uncertain tones,
but unusual volume. 1t was slung
aboard, lowered into the gloryhole, and
then the stewards had riproaring
time.
The feast was at it's height when one
of the stewards remarked that every
one had been fed except the piano.
There was a rush to feed the instru-
ment, which was an upright. Ale, por-
ter, beer, and wine were poured into 1t
without stint, and then followed solids,
topped with bottles of all sorts. The
piano soon was converted into garb-
age box. Finally there was call for
music One of the men tried to play
a dance tune. The strings, clogged
with drink-stuf and foodstuff, were
mute. They accused the committee
be cheated by the piano dealer. Thew
hoisted the piano out of the glory
hole, hurled it over the side of the ship,
and watched 1t sink--New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
AYHAWKER JOTS

Mr.. William Smith Culberson Of
Emporia, who won that $460 essay
prize at Yale. Is also Kansan.
One Of the things that is the matter
these days, says Deacon Walker, is
that there are too many agents and
not enough farm hands.
According to the Kansas City Star
in human nature SO highly developed
that he thinks pessimdst may some
day become a useful citizen.
ct never call a man a liar" said
the conservative Bill Sincaller the
other dav to the Vinland Vine. II
sometimes try to prove that a man is
one. Anybody can call a man a thief.
but it takes good man to prove 1t.
1t is worth repeating now and then
that Kansas has a half a million acres
of wood land, says the Wichita Beacon.
And Kansas. by the way. once was
called the treeless plains state. 1t is
remembered, too, that Kansas has been
called lot of things In the past that
nobody can call 1t any longer.
A human interest story from the
Atchison Globe: Fred Rick of Doni-
phan was asked to go recently to Bob
Haverstraw's to doctor a sick mule.
When he arrived at Haverstraw's a
dog jumped at him and bit him on the
mouth. This made Rick mad. so he
refused to doctor the mule and went
home to doctor himself
An exchange says the Salina Jour
nal tells of Kansas boy
as follows: He was good little
boy and very thoughtful. He had
heard about the great scarcity of wat
er throughout the country. He came
to his mother and slipped his hand
into hers. Mamma" he said, us it
true that in some places the little girls
and boys have scarcely enough water
to drink? ?" THAT is what the papers
say, my dear" Mamma" he present
ly said, I'D like to give up something
for those poor girls and boys His
mother gave him a fond look. Yes,
dear. And what would you like to
give up?" Mamma" he said in his
earnest way, "as long as the water is
so very scarce I think ought to give
up being washed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe. /

. IFrom the Atchison Globe.I
You can't know anyone long with
out hearing him say: 81 am not mar
row minded"
An Atchison man has such hairy
arms that he ought to keep his sleeves
rolled down. or use hairpins.
eff a man should jump out of his
grave in this town" said Doc Robin
son recently, somebody would steal
it."
There are a lot of mean things to
say about you. if you are not pretty
well behaved. and rest assured people
will say them.
The principal objection to a cigar
cite smoker Is that he is a confirmed
match thief. Next to that, his fingers
always need washing.
There is one man in Atchison who,
If you tell him a secret. will surprise
you: he will keep it. But he is the
only man we ever knew who would
do it.
I'm easy. An Atchison tailor
trailed me into his store with an ad-
vertisement of two-piece suits for SIS,
and sold me suit for $38.''-Drake
Watson.
Another thing not to worry about:
You probably don't care to risk your
neck in a flying machine, but the rail-
roads will keep going as long as you
care to travel.
We hang around an Atchison man a
good deal whom we believe the smart-
est man we eyer knew. But we're
afraid to mention his name. fearing
people will say he is the biggest fool
in town.
1t is pretty dull this summer. and
we are finding a good deal of amuse-
ment in listening to man swear who
engaged in a lawsuit three months
ago. Every time we meet him. the
man is cussing his lawyer in a per-
fectly dreadful way.
Yesterday we saw a man starting
off for vacation. He wore a heavy
suit of black clothes. and carried a
little valise that looked rs though it
had been brought to this country in
a covered wagon by his grandfather.
The man was smoking a hot cigar,
and was perspiring like a harvest
hand. The man won't have near as
good a time on his vacation" as those
of US who remained at home and at
work.
The real art in the country news
paper business is in getting a good
man appears. When a circus man
walks into a country newspaper Office
and begins talking about the Chicago
Tribune. really capable advertising
manager will begin talking about the
Barnum show, and the New York him
podrome, and say no picture of an ele-
plant can get into his columns for
less than a hundred dollars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
KANSAS CONNENT
BURBANK THE WIZARD.

Luther Burbank, the justly cele-
brated wizard. who makes two vege-
table miracles grow where but one
grew before will never fail in BUSH
ness for lack of advertising. BY some
he is praised as the greatest wonder
worker of modern times, and by others
he is abused as the champion heavy
weight faker. and 1t is possible that
the abuse does him as much good as
the praise.
A learned instructor of Harvard
university devoted whole lecture to
Burbank the other evening. and de-
nounced him as a mere trickster,
whose alleged discoveries were Of no
practical value. His "wonderberry."
said the instructor, is as old as the
hills. and his white blackberries have
been common in Europe for centuries
and are of no value.
The Harvard man told of quiet.
unassuming man who has improved
yield will be increased all over the
country, and described this achieve
ment as being a thousand times more
important than the perfection of q
new gooseberry, or the discovery Of
an incandescent strawberry.
There is no doubt that Burbank's
stock has slumped. In the days when
he was called "the wizard" his name
was spoken with awe and it was a
regular daily chore with editors to
throw bouquets at him. Nowadays,
when you see Burbank mentioned. it
Is in connection with joke.
1t is more than possible that Bur-
bank really Is great man in his line
Of work. He Is the victim of the
American weakness for hero worship.
We, the people, simply can't be mod
crate when it comes to throwing bou-
quets at man. We have to smother
him under a mountain of nosegays,
and then. when he crawls from under,
we begin to laugh at him and throw
clods at him, because he looks ridic-
ulous,
A man should experience some I'M
eastness when he finds himself too
popular, for the probabilities are that
when the people get tired of yelling
'hurrah." they will begin to yell
"a basl"-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
HUAOR or THE DAY

Gerald" she said. facing him with
behind her, you will have to choose be-
slant did Gerald hesitate. ''The old d. pi he
goes. dear he said. throwing it away. II
how."-Chicago Tribune. '"'' any
Yes" said the determined man, when
that waiter resented the snallness of my
the restaurant" And what did the pro-
prietor do?" He gave the waiter some
gized to him for having such q customer"
Washington Star.
read Mr.. Jones from his newspaper neaG
s lines IT TO tb grandma knitting at the other
II don't know anything about the ssf1sf1;
Of Gatun. but I think a family newspa3per
Emporia Gazette.
Going to have an old-home week. leh2'.
Yes We we want all our wandering boys to
After the gTandp d Jury adjOurns. shouid
Little willie-say, pa, what is vvorss,.,
wisdom? Pa-Woridfy wisdom nv se.,,
is perfect knowledge Of the faiiiznsss e n
Figg-what's the matter, old man,
You're looking wretched. Fogg-T,m not
myself at all today. F1gg-Oh. corneS
that's nothing to feel wretched about
High Price OF. .Living.-The Marketer-
A s,eer you wasting good deal of that
ma'am. weighed it first.-CleveIani
"A dear little girl your daughter is sh.,
always has something to say to me wher,
L~S-
proud She speaks to every one. ~
A young woman had fallen upon ~.
recovered pavement, and a man stenneS
forward to offer his services "AIiow me-
:. -, he began. but his feet slipped and ~. &c
IelI rat upon his back Certainly re-
sponded the young woman, gravely.9IJ1-
see that the ministers are referrtno
70 the Johnson-Jeffries fight as q mos
ca ca y. sr,> How do they know" 'eKno1
WAR That Johnson viii win f''-EouM
ton Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
THE HEART OF THE WILD.

THE HEART OF THE WILD.
Night where the winds confer
Far in the depths of the wild
And the heart OF q wanderer
Is as the heart of q child
Hearing the boughs that braid
Groom and Groom and Groom
Seeing the shine and shade
Under the large low moon:
Purple glooms on the lake
Under the headlands bold,
And paths that the moonbeams make
Ripples of fairy gold.
And over and through 1t all,
Now near and clear, now blurred
The lift of a haunting call
The voice of a lonely birdl
Here Is the balm of content:
Here Is the surcease sure:
You that are worn and spent
List to the outland lure!
Come. now the night winds stir,
Back to the waste and wild
Where the heart of a wanderer
Is as the heart of a child!
Clinton Scotland, in the Churchman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.I

IFrom the New York Press
A fatal mistake is to think you can't
make one.
Give a bow his choice of a shotgun
or a fine education. and the birds had
better look out.
The prouder a man can be of hav-
ing done his duty the madder he usu-
ally was when he was doing it.
A man can travel a long journey
without thinking of going back home
unless his family Is with him
There are mighty few of us who,
when we are too early at a social affair
and walk around the block several
times. have the courage not to pretend
we just arrived. aau
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Looks are seldom deceiving when g.
man looks tired.
Altogether too many people wear
their hearts on their coat sleeves.
y y
Two-faced individuals seldom smile
or look happy with either one of them.
y
A man with a fishing microbe in
him is bound to waste much valuable
time.
Novels are considered as ending
happily when the hero and the heroine
get married. That establishes their
reputation for being fiction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

That the aeroplanes are really toys
when compared with airships of the
Zeppelin type is again indicated by the
fact that a gust of wind caused one of
the former to plunge to the earth in
London the other day, seriously injur-
ing the aviator. The Zeppelin craft, on
its recent memorable trip went
through a little breeze that was blow
Ing at the rate of go miles an hour and
did not even tilt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

Denver Is now in the throes of a wa
ter famine. In order to make repairs
the water company has had to shut off
its service for two or three days. But
this probably doesn't worry the Den
verites very much. They sort of pre-
pared for Just such an occasion by vot-
ing wet not so long ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
20 any address at the rate Of ten cents
a week or thirty cents n month (by
mail onIy.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State Journal will be to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

President Taft has good reason to be
highly elated over the work that has
been accomplished by congress. And
be it borne in mind that the great bulk
of the important legislation enacted
was brought about by the president
and the regular Republicans in con-
gress working in harmony despite the
claims of the insurgents and their
friends to the contrary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.

Things never come just as we want
them. A little while ago we were cry
ing for rain; now we are pleading for
sunshine. Just now there Is hue and
cry for insurgency supremacy in certain
quarters; after a season these same
people will be screeching themselves
hoarse to put these very rascals out.
We always want something different.
Have you ever noticed that a man and
wife, pulling each others hair out, will
turn and whale the daylights out of
the fellow who attempts to separate
them? 1t is just that way in politics
also. The men who are trying to put
out the capable leaders of the party
today, will be Just as insistent on the
destruction of the men they now advo-
cate for preferment when these men
become strong and influential. 1t is
the evident nature of the human ami
NAL to be envtous and want some
thing different than what he has
Independence Reporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

New Workers may have many ad-
vantages in their big town which other
people do not possess, but such is sure
ly not the case in respect to the eggs
they have to buy or go without Next
winters supply of eggs for the Goth
antics is now being put in cold stor-
aQa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

The local school board is reported to
be in a quandary because the lockers
in the high schools are not big enough
to accommodate the girls hats. Mrs
Ella F1agg Young, superintendent OF
the Chicago schools, met similar sit
uation by installing larger lockers
That, too, is about the only way out Of
the dilemma, unless the school authori-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

Automobile tires are soon to be ad-
vanoed in price from 20 to % per cent
This would seem to make 1t certain
that many Of the Automobiles who are
having a hard time in keeping their
machines in operation will have to go
back TO Old Dobbin and surrey be-
fore long, or walk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

ties can get hold of the ear of Dame
Fashion and get her to reduce ma
terially the size of the hats that most
girls delight to mingle with. OF course,
the girls would not care anything
about big hats If they were not "the
STYLE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

Sideshow managers take notice;
FOR SALE. scrrel horse Is hands
white feet."-Adv.
A New York suffragette is going to
take part in the aeroplane meet. She
is evidently one of those soulful, as
thetic sort Of suffragettes who favors
the higher plane"
At his Phillipsburg disturbance, Gov
ernor Stubbs again feelingly alluded to
sam Fitzpatrick. Dave Mulvane, Mort
Albaugh e: al. VIII Dave Leahy please
Gibbs TO instruct the janitor to get the
monkey wrench and tighten up the
Gov? He Is rafting again.
Yesterday" says Jack Supp. 81 call
ed my employers attention to the fact
that had grown gray in his service"
"Well?"
He loosened up-and gave me the
recipe for his favorite hair dye
There is little doubt as to why RUDE
Waddell tried to twist or his wife's ia
vorite leg. She has been roasting him
to st. Louis Brown.
An apology for yesterdays accident
In the cartoon space: They were all
making pictures Of the Dutch Sky
wagon, and as the writer of this stuff
makes the cartoons as a side line, and
also whereas it is too blamed hot to
thing Of anything original-he just fol-
lowed suit.
The next session of the Illinois leg
islature will probably change Legisla-
tor Whites name to Black. He has
been given a black name by the Lori
I,ler defense, which calls him a black
mailer.
Running short on this kind Of junk,
but owing to the weather and other
natural causes, 1t becomes necessary to
once more shatter your nerves with
OUR DAILY CLASSIC.
mo name"-Edgar Allan Poe.
An angel facets sunny wealth Of hair
Is simply stunning, but it's not her
own:
She bought the major portion of II then
Her own scant locks she dyed to match
the same.
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Another man has been killed as a re-
suit OF his playing baseball. He was
hit in the abdomen by a pitched ball.
From the number of casualties that
have occurred in the baseball arena so
far this year. it is apparent that when
the season closes the list of killed will
make the one for the last football sea-
son look rather picayunish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

Mr.. Sullivan is reported to be persona
non grata at Mr.. Jeffries' training
quarters. Wonder If John L. knows
what that is? Probably not for he still
seems to be hanging around.
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Also, the Republicans and Democrats
in the senate are in disagreement on
the causes of high prices. But they
seldom If ever agree on anything. They
wouldn't be Republicans and Demo-
Gratis II they did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

IT'S pretty difficult work for any one
who is not possessed Of a field Of grow
ing corn to get enthusiastic over the
weather now prevailing.
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A sigh of relief will go up from all
hands as soon as congress adjourns.
No denying it, congress-, no matter how
much good work it does, is inclined to
be a disturbing element
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No wonder the Shawnee county farm
ers have been smiling so much of late
They have a half million bushels of
corn in their cribs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

If Johnson doesn't win the fight and
the purse which goes with 1t he will
soon go broke through paying fines for
automobile speeding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25

News about the doings Of Colonel
Roosevelt must be pretty scarce when
the best the New York reporters can
do for one day is to dig up the fact
that he did not reach his office until
mag