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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

There was a look in her eyes today
that made me hope for a minute"
ITS mans place to let girl know
that he cares
But even wise little Betty did not
Know Catharine. for the lady of the
frozen heart was in her room, dream
ing with her eyes on her own little
IRE, the flames of which cast
loves me-" she said to herself. but he
is is poor and afraid to tell me-" So
mite later she crept down to him.
Betty had gone after an admonirion.
first" she said. cor it will spoil the
romance for her.
AS Catharine entered the room she
round the man who loved her gazing
crept up behind him softly. II want
you TO paint another" she said.
lie turned to her Quickly, Another
picture?" he stammered.
es' she said, II want you to paint
me as the Lady of Dreams. I don't
want any snow or ice or frozen things,
Tut MOVERS and sunshine. You have
made me thing of ice and hardness
can love-
He stood silent before the beauty OF
ner surrender. Gould you even love
gentleman in straw hat?" he asked.
could love--you."
After time. when thew had said
all the wonderful first things that low
ers must tell. he explained his deeep-
ton. There was no necessity for the
straw hat" he told her. nor for the
shabby clothes''~ But he ala NOT Ie.
her know that he was rich, he wanted
first to paint her as his Lady Of Dreams
and to feel the happiness OF the man
who knows that not because of his po-
sition, not because of outward things.
is he beloved. but because Of his own
true worth.-(Copyrighte 1870 by As
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07
THE CALL OF THE CIV.

I, the child of the great city, can you
wonder if it calls me
To its highways and its byways, with
a voice cannot still?
If the silence and the solitude at times
well nigh appall me,
And sigh for that old tumult, with
Its glamour and its thrill?
When I paced along the busy streets, with
scanty sense of pleasure,
One of countless hurrying thousands,
every face with purpose set,
How yearned for some wide stiffness.
where time passed in restful leisure,
Now the days are drear with longing
and the nights with vain regret:
For the voice is calling, calling, and I
cannot choose but listen
When the wearying winds are quiet, and
the land is dim with rain;
All my heart is turning eastward, with
slow tears my sad eyes glisten,
There is life in all its fulness-
Her. the exile's bitter pain.
London Pail Mall Gazette.
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HUNOR or THE DxY

Hotel Clerk lpleasantly)-what. Not
leaving Lea ing . VS. Toung NAMES; I've seen
the girls.-Town and Country.
II should very. much like to know how
You You Keep e ' Secret o IsnsF gay $50 cam
t. Good nighti''Ecomic &C Cuts tss' 81 'A''
The Manager-I've got a new idea for a
melodrama that ought TO make hit The
Writer-What is it? Ths Manageable
act that will kill all the actors.-Tit-B
stories start so Interestingly and peter
out?" Were humans - replied he author
th xou b find the best apples at the top o.
Ledger.
They are threatening said the city
clerk, TO hang you in effigy." Let EN-
replied the mayor, who declined TO be-
me in Arizona once, and I'm s' not going O r %
let little thing like this scare me-
Chicago Record-Herald.
don't Yer, turn City Nephew-Nixl Ye
We go ana bear down with the axi-Life.
about naT the yas DC mean Ssn yqS talk
know the ne. meaning sr, Of the word ,mug-
my trying to tell you what an insurEent
is."--Chicago Tribune.
Literature Well Paid.-Beiie TO the
NADIA bouquet from Lieutenant
Braun. Must have cost 20 marks at least.
Why, poem with 1t as we1ii Officsr's
Servant-That cost more STILL fraulefn.--
E1iegende Blaetter. 1853 ...-. 4.
Tried and True..-..Your horse isn't tim
id, suppose?' ''Tiniid? Why. my dear
sir, he sleeps every night alone In his sta
bic without any light. Bon Vivant.
His Masters Voice. will not stand
1t. Doyle, ana I give you 10 know quito
plainly that, If IL wasn't for the years
that you have been in my employ, you'd
Shellcd Out-The Stranger--was the
new candidate much put out when they
threw the stale eggs at him2 Native-.He
was, sorr. He was awful decompose1.-
The Sketch.
Kind Lady-And you are going to Mica
ragua and become a soldier of fortune2
Why not so In search Of the North Pole?
Gritty George--Because, mum, 1 think L
could thrive better on a diet Of bananas
den could ON a diet OF snow balls.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
mo, Jagway, I'll not go out and drink
with you. You ought to quit that habit
anyhow. ''Wh-Fha' fof?' Because
it's. undermining your constitution
Come on, oil feri"--Chieago Tribune.
Yes; the poor fellow had three doctors
couldn't they find out which one Killed
him New York Evening Telegram.
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HIGH SCHOOL COURSES.

In connection with the report of
=, Professor Johnson, the high school
visitor of the University of Kansas, to
| the Commercial clubs committee on
schools and educations, in which he
rightly declared the Topeka high
school to be among the most eff
cient Institutions of the kind in the
state, he mentioned some statistics he
gathered recently on the enrolment
and attendance at high schools.
These statistics showed that the at
tendance at the high schools of the
state is increasing all the time And
they also showed that the number of
boys who finish their high school
course is on the decrease and that
only one-third of the high school
seniors of this year are boys. Last
year the boys made up 50 per cent
of the high school senior class. These
figures apply to all the schools of the
state but the decrease in the num-
Der of boys who complete their
course also applies to the Topeka
high school, although the proportion
is not quite as large as it is in some
of the other schools of the state. This
matter of the decrease of boys in the
senior classes was not mentioned,
however, by Professor Johnson in his
report to the Commercial clubs COM
mittee. 1t wasn't material, in all
probability, in connection with the
points he wished to press home.
The matter is a grave one, though,
and is the subject of much concern
among the educators of the state. as
it should be. 1t is safe to say that
much of this decrease among the
boys in continuing their high school
courses to a conclusion is TO be
found among those who never went
to high school with the intention of
going to college. The high school
pupil who is bent on a college course
is almost sure to finish his high school
course or continue his college prepar-
atory work in private school or with
private tutors. There is not much
of this private study among the pros
pective college boys of Kansas for the
high schools of the state pay particu-
lar attention to preparing pupils for
college, so there is no inclination of
paying for an education which can be
secured at little or no expense.
Perhaps this decrease in the num- |
Der of boys who complete their high |
real commercial courses, and other
industrial courses, were added to the |
high school curriculuns. Such |
courses would be most attractive to |
many boys who now quit high schools |
before the senior year, because they |
would fit the lads for the work in /
life that necessity eompels them to |
undertake at the time when their |
more fortunate companions are get
ting ready to go to college
To those who think the high school
Of today is welI-nigh perfect as to ef-
in the field where it is sup
posed to labor, is commended for
careful attention the address deliver
ed the other night to the Topeka State
Agricultural college alumni associa-
ton by Professor Henry ]. Waters,
president of the K. s. A. G. He thinks
that Industrial courses are sorely |
needed in high schools, and goes so
Tar as to predict that the time is not
distant when industrial courses will !
be a part of the curriculums of even
The grade schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

ball players is a large one and the
wages are remunerative. There may
be many an embryo Ty Cobb or Hans
Wagner in the schools of the land
whose laten. abilities will never be dis
covered unless the opportunities are
afforded for the general playing of ball
among the ''kiddies' in school.
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dren must nrst be provided a = SUBJ

dren must first be provided as a sub
stitute; and
Second, the young people themselves
must work to accomplish the change.
This would probably be done by a ma
tional movement operating through
the public schools.
To separate young America from
toy pistols and dynamite crackers is no
Insignificant undertaking. but nothing
to what the Spartan youths did volun-
tarily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

Looking as 1t in one way the de-
termination of Governor Stubs to
keep secret all information about the
granting OF pardons and paroles may
be a good thing, especially for the par
ior1ed or rarolod convicts. But. on the
other hand. the people Of the state
would seem TO be entitled to know Just
who are pardoned or paroled from their
criminal Institutions and the time that
stich pHrdons and paroles go into ef-
feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

or course. cases before. the courts
should not be tried in the newspapers,
but the Santa Fe in asking the ques-
ton how a woman could pack five Of the
present day specimens of feminine head
gear in a trunk 16 inches high and 80
inches long. has propounded a query,
the answer to which is almost self
evident
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07
evident.

From the testimony of Mr. Pinchet in
the Bal1inger- Pincfot investigation it is
evident that quite a number OF the
charges against Mr.. B4llinger are
based on mere impressions rather than
on facts. Also, 1fr. Pinchot is capable
of making a misstatement once in a
while, but, then, he is man enough 10
correct his errors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

Isn't this simply awful? Because
there does not happen to be much of a
tariff duty on baseballs the clever Japs
are able to make 'em just as good, ex-
port them all the way from japan to
the United States. and place them on
the Pacific coast markets at a whole
sale price OF 80 cents dozen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

Look out for change in the weather.
A friend reports he heard a pewee call
yesterday morning. Goose bone and all
other varieties OF weather prognostica-
lions to the contrary, when a pewee
pipes in the early morning change OF
weather is coming within forty-eight
hours At least, that is what the adj
r11frers of the pewee say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

Naturally, the Kansas State Indus
trial School for Girls at Beloit is the
best institution of it's kind in the coun-
try. Confirmation of this fact comes
from B. w. Tice, of the New York
Children's Aid society. whose business
takes him frequently to all similar in
situations in the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

If anything goes wrong with the re-
ception to be given at New York 10
Colonel Roosevelt on his return from
Africa and Europe there will be no
trouble in finding a man to assume the
blame with a smile and let it go at
that. Billy Loeb is chairman Of the re-
ception committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

The commission form OF government
aims to place the administration of
city's AFFAIRS beyond the realms OF polit
tics, but from the methods being pur-
sued by many OF the candidates for the
commissionerships IL Is more than evil
dent there is a good deal of truth to
the saying that it's pretty hard to teacS
an old cog new tricks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

The promoters Of the reorganized
Civic club of North Topeka ought to be
encouraged by the response which has
been made to the. call for new MEM
bers. There is plenty of opportunity
for a wide-awake organization such as
this one promises to be to do wonders
in the way of developing the North
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

Congressman Scott thinks the rural
free delivery carriers should get an in
crease in pay. And while there is not
any authoritative information on the
subject as yet it is likely that the rural
carriers agree with him, probably to a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Latest reports on the subject are to
the effect that almost 100000 was
left by the late Colonel Swope of Kan
sas City for division among his heirs.
And they are now proceeding to divide
II I'D among the lawyers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

President Taft gave a regular state
dinner at the White House the other
right as a social compliment to Uncle
Joe Cannon. The insurgents square
Dealers ''progressives.' or whatever
they like TO be called. will probably get
black in the face insisting that this
affair was an Insult or something of
the sort to the .seople of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07
REFLEcTIoNs OF a BAcnE1oI

[FTrom the New York Press.1
Heaps and heaps of people try to travel
to heaven on passes.
The kitchen range is the safe dercs;t
vault for domestic felicity.
A girl can guess what a flaa means
when he doesn't mean anything.
If the devils were cast gut OF most
men, there wouldn't be anything left.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

This is the best joke which has been
sprung ON the gullible folk of Chicago
in many a, day. Bath House Cough
lin declared his denomination as the
Democratic candidate for one of the
aldermahships from the famous First
ward to be the greatest surprise of his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

An expert in the premises believes
that ball-playins should be encouraged
aYaone the boys and even the girls in
the public schools. An excellent sug-
Gsstion. surely. The field for proficient
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KANSAS COAMENT
LITERATITRE AND FooD-

LITERATURE AND FOOD.
A healthy youngster likes to read a
rousing tale OF noble deed and bravery
and glory. So when he's tired of chop
ping wood it's not surprising that he
should enjoy a fairy story. Back when
immortal Homer sang and Plautus
tabled things in slang, the kids were
fond or fction5 and in this day of brains
and lore the youthful mind is even
more confirmed in that addiction. He
reads at morning, noon and night
which is itself of course all right. but
what he reads is fearful. With eager
HDeadwood" robbed the stage, and
other stunts as cheerful. A yellow
novel for dime he buys, and has a
bully time alone out in the woodshed,
devouring tales of buccaneers, OF cow
boys, war and b1oodshed. No wonder
it is that the lad is found at supper
time by dad and gets stern be-
rating. For while he reads and reads,
no doubt. the kitchen fire is going
out. the woodbox still is waiting
Minneapolis Messenger.
IT ALSO COSTS MORE TO DIE.
1t even costs you more to die these
tract a nice case of fever, go to a
hospital, receive medical attention, be
nursed, die and be buried for about
$780, Now, since the trusts, aided
and abetted by the tariff, have pushed
=
cost you about $500 or 1925 to die
and be buried The trusts are MAX
ing money out of the increase in the
price of death and buria1s if what
doctors, nurses and undertakers say
is correct. Collins and graves have
increased in price almost SO per cent
in the last ten years. Lumber, silks,
imported woods and other articles.
many of then. imported, have almost
trebled IN price because of the tariff
Undertakers gay the trusts are reap
ing a rich harvest in dollars because
of the increase. And, because of the
increased cost of living, many nurses
and physicians have boosted their
scale of fees. A further increase is
expected.--WelIingt Journal.
A BOMB FOR NIGHT RIDERS.
The hand of Justice Is sometimes
very slow. But a grand jury at Cow
lngton, Kentucky has returned indict-
ments against a dozen men who are
Of night riding. The charge
will be a violation of the laws of the
United States in respect to actions
The night rider. collectively and In
1ividual1y, has had a gay time in the
South at the expense of the independ- |
emit tobacco grower. There have been
irjunctions and hindrances
but the night rider still has the scare |
thrown into the hearts of the indus |
.rious men who desire not to join their |
society. The Federal grand jury ought |
10 make it rather warm for the men |
who have been destroying life and |
property in the South simply to fur |
her their own selfish interests
Times.
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The death of Gen. Newton NJ. Cur
It's calls forth obituaries in which he
is constantly called 1.-The hero of Fort
Fisher" 1t seems unzind to attempt
to tear any honors from dead man,
and yet in the interest of history it is
necessary to point ont that the sobri-
in its scope to fit the facts in the case.
There were many heroes at Fort Fish
er and certainly Gen. Pennypacker. of
this city, deserves equal honor with
Gen. Curtis. Gen. Pennypacker was
shot to pieces in the assault upon the
works, and is still a cripple, enduring
fortunes as result Of wounds received
at that time.
The title of Gen Curtis really be-
longs to the abortive attempt under
Butler. The first expedition was sent
by Gen. Grant under peculiar circun
stances. He did not go himself, since
that would have left Butler in COM
mand around Richmond, something he
could not contemplate; so he sent But
Ter. who professed himself able to take
the place easily. Curtis landed his bril-
gade and got UP under the walls of the
fort and declared he could take it with
endorsements, which Butler not only
denied him, but ordered him to return
to the feet. Then, after the fiasco Of
exploding vessel full of gunpowder,
which did not injure the fort in the
Butler sailed away. On the
second expedition the fort was taken,
as Curtis had insisted it could be done.
The division was commanded by Adel-
bert Ames, and Pennypacker and Cur
it's were two of the brigade command
ers.
Time has brought wonderful
changes. Ames married the daughter
of Butler and their son is now a mem
Der of Congress, a rescuit to the in
surgents and a candidate to succeed
Senator Lodge. Curtis is just dead,
but Pennypacker and Ames are iv-
ing There was glory enough 70 go
around in the last attack on Fort Fish
er. and it is proper that essential JUS
tfce be done in the matter. And the
most curious thing is that Ben Butler
to survive the odium of his
failure and remain for a
full generation an active figure in
political life, spectacular to the last
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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IndiyiduaIisnl.

l take little part in political affairs,
but there is apparent another decided
tendency of individua1isn. and that is
the growth of independence in voting.
This is a hopeful sign of political inn
provement I do not believe in the ex-
treme of this political independence,
for that would mean the disruption
OF organized effort. A strong, healthy
party Of opposition is a very helpful
factor in restraining the excuses of a
dominant majority. But when you
have a body of independent acting
men in any community it means that
there is a group that cannot be sway
ed or Influenced by ordinary political
methods. Their attitude tends to
force an improvement in political con-
ditions, the election of good men to
office, and better government in the
end. The fathers in framing the Con-
stitution looked ahead and foresaw
that disputes would arise over what
are the limits of liberty and the scope
Of government. They'wisely set up the
Supreme Court of the United States as
the tribunal to dicide all these Ques-
tions of individual rights and States
rights as against gOvernm ent authority
that will produce the greatest good and
the greatest happiness. I have won
dered sometimes whether the fathers
looked even further-whether in pro-
viding for a court to settle differences
between the States of our country
they foresaw time when an inter-
nationel court would adjust all dis
putes between nations of the world,
so that there might be universal peace.
AS I survey the past and look into
the future. I ann firmly convinced
that the world is improving, that man |
kind is growing better, that we, as
people and nations are aiming at
higher things. Despite ali the Short |
comings, the failures to reach high /
standing, the criticisms of the day, I /
believe we are progressing toward a |
better life.-Justice Brewer in Leslie's /
Weekly
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One Girls Work.

Last winter a bright, wide-awake
girl took a clerical position with a
firm famous for it's petty treatment of
employees. She was set to work in a
small, untidv room. lined with desks
and tables. At each desk was a girl
dissatisfied and churlish. her individu-
ality fading, her ambition rising no
higher than to enter that room each
morning just on the stroke of s, not
a. minute earlier, and to be the first
out when the clock struck 5. Most of
these girls had lost interest in their
office attire, saving every penny pos
sible for Sunday or party frocks. All
of them were hoping to secure posi-
lions with other concerns.
Into the maelstrom of office anarchy
stepped the girl whose individuality
and se1f-respect still lived. She came
to work in new tailored silk waist
with immaculate lawn turnover collar
and cuffs. The other girls shifted and
warned her that the blouse would be
ruined. The Office was filthy.
eve have an office porter and two
boys" she replied. There is no rea-
son why We can't have this place
cleaned up
And somehow it was done. After a
lot of trash had been thrown out, and
the first layer of dirt had been re-
moved from the floor. ray of hope
seemed to illuminate the STAFF of girls.
The newcomer brought down her
own desk fittings. simple and mex
pensive, but with a note of individuality
Ia letteropener and a box for clips in
brass, a burnt leather plotting pad and
some personal stationary in case she
wanted to write a little note during
the noon hour. The Office manager
sarcastically advised her to lock them
up every night, and the girls exchang-
ed significant glances; but nothing was
ever taken from that desk Finally,
one of the girls timid1y suggested
that the newcomer might breach the
question of their wretched Mushroom
facilities to the manager-ard she did
it.
In less than a year the atmosphere
of that entire office has been changed, |
cleared, uplifted, by one girl. She did
not preach. She did not demand. She |
simply lived her own life despite poor |
conditions, and made others first envy
then emulate her.-Anna S. Richard
son. in Women's Home Comanion.
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Literature Well Paid.--Belle Ito tine
Braun. Must have cost 20 marks at least.
Why, poem with 1t as we'll, Officsr's
Bervant-That cost more still, fraulefn.--
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'They are threatening said the city
clerk, ito hang you in effigy" Let EN-
replied the mayor, who declined to be-
come excited. They threatened TO hang
me in Arizona once, and I'm not going to
let g little thing like this scare me- -
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07

Farmer Cat the grindstone)-well, why
don't fool me ag'in. Whenever / turn,
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Tried and True.-'Your horse isn't TIM
id, suppose?'' ''Tfnid? Why. my dear
sir, he sleeps every night alone in his sta
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Paw, what do you mean when you talk
about the insurgents % Tommy, do you
know the meaning Of the word mug
wump'? ~ mo" "rhen there's no use In
my trying to tell you what an insurEent
is. "--Chicago Tribune