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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
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When a woman cans fruit it is a put
up job.
Does a porter who loses his position
become an exporter?
If without curiosity woman would
certainly be a curiosity.
No man ever found true happiness
by running after pleasure.
It's easy to drive some men to the
rump-ifq it is a beer pump.
A woman never forgives man for
letting her make fool of him
once in a while a suffering man is
able to speak a good word for him
self.
Some people can't see the error of
their ways because they insist on keep
ing their eyes on yours.
It's up to the man who thinks that
only an angel is good enough to be-
come his wife to remain in the bache-
ior class.
When it comes to safety coupling the
railroad brakeman seems to have it on
the minister at the present stage OF
the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
PIrRE RI1NcOMRE

OF all the political 'bunc'' which
has been tossed about during the pri-
mary campaign just about to end
none has been more ridiculous than
the charge from the versatile Mr..
Leahy that a gigantic conspiracy has
been formed to defraud Governor
Stubs out of many votes that will
come to him. Mr.. Leahy thinks that
such a conspiracy exists in several of
the cities of the state, but especially in
Shawnee county. In detail it concerns
the packing of each election board
with dishonest man who is opposed
to Stubs and who will misread the
other members of the board are too
drowsy or careless to detect him.
If it were not for the fact that this
charge is an insult to the citizenship
of Kansas, and of Shawnee county in
particular, it would only be worth
laughing at. For the most part the
election judges and clerks in Kansas
at least this is true of Topeka and
Shawnee county-are composed of the
same men year after year. There has
never before been the slightest 1ntima-
ton that any of these men have been
dishonest in the discharge of their du-
ties. No one has ever before cried
thief against them. The utmost care
and discernment is used IN their selec-
ton. They are representative of the
citizenship of the community. A re-
Election on their honor and integrity is
a reflection on the honor and the in
tegrity of the community. 1t will likely
be resented at the polls, as it should
be. And instead of Mr.. Leahy's bril-
liant" stroke helping the cause of his
employer it will be apt to harm him.
But suppose there was any truth
in the charge; just suppose 1t was a
fact that men unfriendly to Mr..
Stubs, who were anxious and willing
to prostitute the suffrages of their
neighbors. were placed on each of the
election boards of the city, one to each
board. Is there any one simple-mind-
ed enough to believe that one man on
an election board could misread any
number of ballots, or even one or two
without being caught in the act by the
other member of the board or any of
the numerous outsiders who are al
ways standing around watching the
count? The proposition is ridiculous
OuS II ISL L WOIlHy VI SNCl THO pass
ing notice that was given to it by
County Attorney Schenck, who rightly
told Mr.. Leahy that he would lay the
heavy hand of the law on any one who
attempted such tricks but who con-
cluded his letter to Leahy by saying
eff you hear anything more definite in
regard to this matter I would be glad
to take the matter up with you per-
sonally."
So far the definiteness of the matter
: rests on story Mr.. Leahy says was
told him by a prominent Topekan.
whose Identity is as yet unknown as
far as the public is concerned. If
some prominent Topekan told any
such tale as this to Mr.. Leahy he must
surely have manufactured it. The hot
, weather is responsible for many un-
usual acts and stories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
BLAME EN- ON THE HEAT.

IT don't know what's the matter
with him. He's been almost disagree
able during the past few days. I guess
he's growing tired of me or has found
some other girl he likes better" This
was the rather tremulous wall of an
estimabIe young lady the other day
as she was discussing the unusual ac-
lions of her steady" an equally esti-
mable young man who is noted among
his friends for his kindness of heart
and exemplary disposition, and who
has always looked on the girl he has
planed to marry as being even lit
tie better than the proverbial salt of
the earth. About the last thing he
would ordinarily think of would be
to offend her or any one else, either
by act or word.
Charge it up to the weather." was
the reply of the more practical mind
ed person to whom the dear, young
thing was confiding her troubles.
And the reply more than likely hit
the nail right on the head. If there
is anything that will put humans. and
the inferior animals, too, out of sorts
it is warm weather, and a continued
spell of it such as has prevailed
around hereabouts of late. 1t is apt
to turn decent, respectable, law-abid-
ing citizens-civilized souls-into saw
ages. 1t brings to the surface all the
latent meanness that exists in men
and women, and the quantity of this
stuff is inmeasurable. Everybody has
a streak of meanness and contrariness
in him. He may be blessed with the
! q. 1f under
most of the time. But when the mer-
curry gets lowering around one hum
dred degrees Fahrenheit, and insists
on hanging around it for few days
well, the human hasn't been built yet
| that won't utter an unthinking snarl
and growl and lots of them. Nor
does it make any difference at whom
these snarls are directed. Ladies-fair
or kind and loving wives, or mothers
or sisters or brothers, or even poor
old father, are just as apt to get them
as il the employer or the boss who ex-
poets as good work and as much of it
out of his employees in the good old
summer time as he does when the
weather is more livable. And all the
folks just indicated are in a reciprocal
mood. Don't forget that. It's always
tit for tat. Then come little bursts OF
real anger. and maybe quarrel
Agonies and tears follow. Aloofness
hastens along in the wake. And no.
body concerned is happy
Cut out the aloofness, charge the
little disturbances and ruptures up tt
the heat, where they properly belong
get together again as though nothing
! had happened. That's about the onl,
advice that can be given. These little
Z disagreeable affairs can scarcely b,
I avoided. There is no remedy TO
2 them as long as men have to worl
e when the weather Is hot to get tn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IRON the Atchison Globe.l

TFrom the Atchison Globe-1
You can't Judge a man by what his
relatives say OF him.
The man who cuts his speech short
is our idea of the perfect orator.
When women get to telling funny
STORY" that is a sign that the story
is very old.
band has an even disposition: he is
mad all the time.
It is our notion that mince pie is bad
enough for the digestive apparatus
without putting booze in 1t.
A man, who imagines he is fierce. Is
sometimes only funny. And now an
angry man hates to be laughed at!
Man wants to eat three times DAY,
and at intervals he thinks OF love. out
he wants to talk all the time; taking Is
probably his ruling passion
If is said that in the churches, those
members who were saved Dy traVennS
eyangelists do not stand as well as the
members who were saved by the regu-
lar pastor.
rea1lv great man can make the
neonIe agree with him, but a lot OF
pretty fair counterfeits manage 70
make a showing simply by agreeing
with the people.
A man was complaining recently TO
the Atchison hoodoo about rheumatism, !;
IT would consider mysen Ior.uila, Nv
said the hoodoo, IF l could trace my
hoodoo for a case of rheumatism.
Biu Hutson bought an automobile on
SATURDAY on Monday, he subscribed
for for the Automobile World" On Tues
dav he Joined the Automobile ciun,
and the next day he was running ms
own machine, and running it too fast-
The Newspaper Boys have poome .,+i q
good MANY unimportant people until
&c ara tired of hearing of them, but
Miss Katherine Elkins makes US yaWn
a little more YEARLY than any OF tne
o+bers Whv doesn't this Spin gel
married. and retire to oblivion!
The fact about the 'old swimnln
hole, in most instances, is that II
LIE amount to much compared with
a modern bathing beach. And num- mum,
her ri Of other things in the past we hold PIC
dear are also helped a good deal Ds
the distance from which we view tneih
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
The Baltic Collision.

The collision between a first class
liner and a tanker" illustrates that
the chief remaining perils of the sea
are those in which two vessels are con-
cerned. Shipwreck from the elements
is almost out of the question, perhaps
altogether so unless the element is fog.
No captain of boat in the Battles
class thinks about laundering from a
storm. The landsman may think that
the ship will never rise again as she
rides descending swell, and looking
out of the hollow may think that the
overwhelming waves will engulf him
forever. The captain is thinking of
other things. and mostly in darkness or
fog of whether or not another vessel is
anywhere near; and if SO, what it IS
doing. No ship is so well found in
itself OF SO well differed that it is not
in danger from a vessel far its inferior.
A pygmy may wound leviathan
steamer in its vftals, and a sleepy look
out or bad commander is as dangerous
on one boat as on the other.
Fog confuses the judgment of direc-
ton or distance of sound. Darkness
through fog or night impedes sight
however l-een, or watchfulness how
ever great. The mishap of the Baltic
will emphasize the demand that the re-
sources of modern science shall supply
aids to these human faculties and re-
move them as far as possible from De-
ing factors of disaster. Two possible
aids are not mentioned in connection
wireless system would have warned
another similar system better than any
whistle or bell. but would have been Of
no use to itself unless both vessels
were equipped for aerial telegraphy.
The submarine telephone also might
have given a warning IL both vessels
had been equipped with it, Just as
vessels with telephones below water
communicate with lighthouses, so they
with the Baltic disaster. The Baltic
might be made to communicate with
each other in a manner not subject to
interruption by fog or storm. The re-
ouirement of such equipment is an or
vious suggestion The throb of the
'tanker's" propeller might have been
audible to a submarine ear with q
keenness and precision the unaided hui
man ear cannot rival at its best and
undisturbed by conditions which make
ears almost useless without such aids.
Not he least benefit of such app1-
ances ought to be to produce greater
confidence among captains and passen-
gers alike The fog whistle is a sign
that the officers cannot see or hear,
and of course. the conditions are SIM
liar for both the colliding vessels. Even
a single set of submarine and aerial
signals would more than halve the
danger. A double system ought to
make collision as remote as sinking
from the effects of storm.-New YORK
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26

physical pain. and roughly pusnins
aside the childish hands. she rushee
from the room. Before she coul1
reach the lower hall the door mao
closed with sharp finality. Ralpn
Late that night Nell awoke to find
her sister kneeling by the crib. her
own cheek wet with her sisters tears.
What makes you cry, Man. sne
questioned. "Cause fibbed this art
ernoon? I won't ever again: truly
thought
"I've no right to scold. dearest. but
remember untruths injure all VINO
stoop so low
Miner" Mans laugh was curious
ly like q sob. as holding the child
close she whispered, pray, Nell, pray
that mine won't count-just for this
oncey'
Some months later the country rang
with an account of an explosion in
mine, and Ralph Stones name was on
many lips Commanding the work OF
rescue until the owner could arrive
upon the scene. he had himself fallen
name among the dead. but later this
was contradicted. after which the
young fellow stood for the one roman
tic figure in the horrible tragedy, be-
cause of a woman's blood-stained
glove found upon him, and from which
az AS-oSSN ~ OO&oAs $3.50 - 49,
| lirium.
So divers were the descriptions of
the glove that a week later tho mine
owner stood. outside the improvised
hospital, in angry discussion with the
doctor over the publicity given the at
fair.
"It's an outrage! This spreading
broadcast of mans secret
The physician, unmoved, laid
kindly hand upon the mans shoulder
81 tell you, sir, science can do nc
more for your cousin. He could live
| if only he had the desire and that
believe no one can arouse in him ex-
cept the unknown lady of the glove
1t Is with the hope that she may read
the story, that I have"
HE still lives, you say"
At the trembling eagerness of the
voice the doctor turned about to find
two women at his elbow, pale and
fatigued with a long journey. The
face of the younger girl glowed with
soft radience as he explained:
I'm Nancy-of the glove, vol
know! My aunt and I have come
you realize all that your coming
will mean to him?"
Nancy no longer pale but blushini
gloriously bent her head.
Presently the doctor led her to ;
small room that held only one cot. TIL
sick man did not turn his head unit
she had dropped to her knees at hi
side. ralph dear-I've come
Then the doctor seeing the light tina
flashed into his patients face closes
the door softly and went about othe
| work. Copyrighted 1910, by Associat
ed Literary Press1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
They speak for themselves-A dear
mute's hands
The rumors of an airship trust are
probably groundless.
The kind of work many a man wants
is any kind he can't get.
A man never makes mistake in
accepting advice. It's acting upon it
that counts.
The most fascinating things in the
world are generally those that are none
Of our business.
When a girl refuses fellow he is
thoroughly convinced that she doesn't
know her own mind.
The fellow who finds himself between
the devil and the deep sea doesn't like
TO get wet.
The confidence man doesn't believe
in putting off till tomorrow the good
things he can do today.
She-"The lips that touch liquor shall
never touch mine.'' He-'I never knew
you kept any in the house.
"Riches have WINGS" quoted the Wise
Guy. Yes, but poverty wears the
spurs" added the Simple Mug.
Nell-'Tne character of a man is
never formed until he marries." Belle
s.And then it is apt to be reformer."
Name the principal industries of
Neyada?" said the teacher. Prize
fights and divorces replied the boy
who reads the newspapers
Tommy-"Pop. If man should steal
a pin he would be a thief, wouldn't hep
Tommy's Pop-"Yes, my son." Tommy
-"Then if he stole whole paper of
pins suppose he would be an embez-
zler."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
A CONTRAST IN WAGES.

The difference between a free trade
tariff is shown by the changes in
wages at the present time in the
United Kingdom and in the United
States. Reductions have been made in
many cases in England recently and a
few days ago the Federation of Mas
ter Cotton spinners at Manchester de-
cided to reduce wages in the United
Kingdom in that industry per cent.
Wages were reduced per cent a year
ago and short time has been enforced
since July 1 of last year. These re-
auctions affect a vast army of cotton
spinners, and similar reductions have
been made in many other industries in
the United Kingdom. But in the
United States the course is all the
other way. Voluntary increases have
been made by many railroads, and in
many other industries. No reductions
are thought of in this country. But
in free trade England, where the
wages are considered less than one
half those paid in the United States,
still further reductions are being made.
That is the difference between the eff
feet of socalled revenue tariff, which
taxes the food supply of the poor, and
the protective. tariff. which accords
protection to TIE wage earners with
out increasing the cost of their food
supply.-Clay Center Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
HUAOQ OF THE Day

-, Madam g. If you had a child to weep
mony might be bigger" but have
no. '"Then there nothing else to do.
Wen have to take the rubber plant into
HUI, Hurry sal said the manager Of the
bsnR WHATS enc a tsssra Ss
family is sick. mo. I want to find out out
and for thny rhy w de-
Chicago Record-Herald-
Him. thought you and Ethel had had
a quarrel? Her-We have. I hate her;
Ain.B By saw you kiss EACH other when
all we do. We hardly speak.-Cleveland
Leader.
de comet wuzn't gwine ter hurt anybody.
I said SO from de very first-didn't I?''
how come you wuz hoidin' revival ii meet.
ms an prayin' day an night?" "Well,''
replied Brother Dickey, II thought it wuz
tion!"-Atlanta Constitution.
II will be naagnanimous." said the
French duelist Rather than risk taking
human life will fire in the air. .sDon't
do that responded his second; you'd
be almost sure to hit an aviator. "-Wash-
Howell-Does your wife care ANYTHING
about baseball? Poweli-She never did
until one day when she heard me say
that they were going to play two games
for one admission--Judge.
Didn't like the Company-The Narrator
And from my tee shot the bali Caught
the dog, lifted him over a bush and land
ed him in q pond; and I've never been able
to induce the dog to come on to the links
with me since. The Listener-Perhaps he
objects to be seen out with Ananias.-Lon-
don Opinion
this bakers strike II don't see what
call you have to worry. heard your wife
telling mine that she was going to make
all the bread herself" yes: that's
what's worrying me."-Baltimore' Ameri-
can.
What do you regard as the chief Diff
MANI" "A theorist." replied Senator
to be done. and the other fellow makes IN
his mind how it can be done."-Washing-
ton Star.
The confusion of tongues had lust fallen
on Bapsi: We are merely talking base
tower was really the first grandstand is-e
New York Sun.
Nora" said the housewife starn,,,
Whom We're you flirting with?' ..Tbe
PiumDer ma am. responded the cool
WITH deep blush; 20, plumbers are oniy,
useful in the winter time Make ewes e'l ~
the iceman and he may leave rs IS az
twice the ordinary size. h-Chicago New
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26

Sometimes you cannot even lead
horse to water, let alone make him
drink
People who lack a sense of humor
have an unusually hard row to hoe.
:.
The folks who can't decide where
they will go for their vacations never
had an intention of going any place.
y
About the only redeeming feature OF
a long beard is that the man who has
one doesn't need to bother with neck
ties.
AS the present political campaign
draws to a close it has become more
and more apparent that oratory Is
gift which few possess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
FROM OTHER PENS
PLAYS FOR BOTH SEXES.

The new crop of plays is on the way.
Charles F'rohman announces so, most
of which have the preliminary grace
of clever titles. The other managers
will soon follow with their announce
ments. Apparently the American stage
is to be deluged with new material.
There is little talk of "revivals." We
must assume either that there is moth
ing to speak of worth reviving in all
the limbo of past playwriting, or that
the public will not tolerate anything
old. Out of all these original produc-
lions, mostly pieced from old stuff,
may come something really new and
even dmirable-possibly the Great
American Play.
In recent years there has been
lamentable dramatic cleavage. We
have had musical shows for men, and
plays for women. The musical pieces
have been for the most part mere
fatuous entertainments increasingly
grotesque and tasteless. with no
strength except that of sensual appeal.
The Legitimate" productions, though
written chiefly by men, have suffered
the blight Of the American novel. The
authors have catered to women, and
built their plots on supposedly femin-
inc interests and ideals. These plots
and their accompanying dialogue have
too often bored or puzzled the poor
men, who hardly know what all the
fuss is about. Certainly an infusion of
honest virility would not do our plays
any harm.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
KANSAS C0AAENT
MARRIAGE By Law.

A French statesman proposes a
compulsory marriage law. or at least
one that requires government officials
to be united in the sacred bonds of
matrimony.
While great deal may be said in
favor OF such a regulation there is
some reason to believe that the law
would be difficult to enforce, or at
least 1t would in this land of the free.
The trouble would doubtless come
from the opposite sex, for no man of
sane mind, but would jump at
chance to get married. Our idea has
always been that no man ever remain
ed in the state of single blessedness
long OF his own free will and accord.
Perhaps he lacked nerve, perhaps he
was afraid he could not support her.
perhaps he hadn't the price of a board
Dill Tor two, perhaps she wouldn't.
one OF these perhapses will explain
the unhappy condition of the unmar-
ried man who stays so through
term of years with visions of marital
bliss and connubial felicity on every
side.
If the law compelled a man to mar
ry there should be reciprocal demur-
rage compelling the woman to be
the marryee. Otherwise the law
would fail of its own weight. Let any
man who hesitates in approving this
law think of the advantage he would
have, of the nerve he would acquire,
II he could go to his Hearts Desire
and say, marry me or go to JAIL 1t
would relieve the bashful, encourage
the hopeless and revive the faint
hearted. 1t would be a blessing to
the men who want to get married and
don't, which means all who are not
joined in the bonds of wedlock.
But the woman who had this kind
of proposal, what would she do?
Would she meekly obey the law and
say, What the statutes of Kansas
have ordained let no woman put asun-
der" Not on your life. She would
refuse to marry the man the law de-
signated, would be upheld by all 9TH
er women, and she would cry hot
tears down the back of the judge I'M
til the judiciary could stand it no
longer and would probably declare
the whole law unconstitutional
Hutchinson News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN PARLIA-
MENT

Parliament has closed the mouth
and tied the hands of the suffragette
for a year. 1t was a clever git of STRAIT
egg. Framing a bill which elastically
covered the demands of all shades OF
the votes for women shouters, the
measure was railroaded ii it's third
reading without a hitch. A majority
of upward of a hundred seemed to in
dictate a sudden and decided change
of heart, and that million women
were about to be put on the voting
lists. But a moment later the expect
ant throng of suffragettes cooling their
heels on the steps outside had their
hopes dashed. Playing card from up
it's sleeve, the government moved the
bills reference to the committee OF
the whole, and the trick won.
A year may elapse before the bill is
reported back from a third reading
year of surcease from petticoat
rushes, volleys of bric-a-brac, catcalls
and curses, and other feminine ways of
batting cabinet ministers, lords and
commoners, sparing not royalty itself.
Having no valid reason for doubling
Parliament's good faith in the matter,
or for suspecting that ultimately the
majority of 100 would be turned into
substantial minority, the suffragette
was Observation-Disclosures Post.