The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
KANSAS COANENT
A LIVING COWARD.

A Chicago policeman was recently
dismissed from the force in disgrace be-
cause he gave public demonstration Oh
cowardice. A murderer was at large,
and this officer had the opportunity to
arrest him, but he made no attempt to
do so, as j. meant danger.
After his dismissal he remarked that
it was better to be a living coward than
nality, and is also lacking in truth. 1t
is much better to have died in the per-
Torrance of ones duty than to drag
out an existence, an object of contempt.
with heart full of remorse.
The recreant policeman has apolog1sts,
who say that his first duty was to his
family. Had he been killed, there would
have been a widow and orphan chill
dren, and who would have cared for
them! The wind would doubtless have
been tempered to shorn lambs: the
widow would have been proud of her
brave husband, and the children would
have grown up to regard him as a hero.
But their portion is humiliation, all the
days of tn cir lives.
There is no philosophy that will make
a good defense for the man who fails in
his duty. That fact is recognized at
sea, where mems lives hang upon dis
cipline and obedience. The seaman
Who makes bIunder, or refuses to
obey an order, may have the best ex-
cuses IN the world, but his head goes
off just the same.
Whether man is a policeman, a
pedler or politician, his chief end is
to do his duty. or die trying.-Emporia
Gazette.
NOT ENOUGH ENUMERATORS.
Perhaps the strongest indication of
the prosperity of the period is in the
TACT that the government has been for
two weeks sending out information
as to what is required to fit a man for
vlslng him to apply for appointment
TO the supervisor of the district. This
means that the government is having
trouble finding a sufficient number
of men to take the census. The work
pays from So to 81 a day and does
grade of ability. but in spite of this
the applications which the census en-
umerator of this district have already
received do not give him more than
ago the census enumerator was
swamped with applicants for this job
and there was no problem except that
of choosing from among the many ap-
plicants the most desirable material.
Wichita Beacon.
1T MAY BE POSSIBLE.
Scientists have long dreamed of a
time when they would be able to fore
cast the weather for months in adj
reau is able to predict the weather cor
rectly for "a hours ahead it is well sat
isfied.
At the same time. it frequently fore
tells several days ahead the state Of
weather to be expected. OF course the
weather forecaster is liable to err as
other human beings are.
Now comes to the United States a GER
tain Belgian scientist, Henry Arctow-
ski, whose purpose is to study Ameri-
can weather, ascertain whether there is
| any relation between the weather CT
western Europe and the eastern part
of this country. He will compare the
records of the weather bureau here
with European records to determine if
changes are governed by general laws
which when understood. will make it
possible to foreteb the weather for
months ahead ss1 s..
| Should it prove that there is an I'M
derstandable relation, it may be pos
| sible to know in advance whether a
| season is to be hot or cold. wet or
dry. The value of such information in
| its relation to crops would be beyond
Observation-Disclosures Eagle.