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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
Spafn,s BattIeships.

BY the publication of the plans
adopted by Spain for her new battle
ships it is made evident that one more
naval power regards with favor the
practice of employing guns of only one
caliber in the main batteries of such
vessels. At present nine or ten ma
tons are practically committed to that
policy. Concerning the designs which
Chile is expected soon to submit to
builders for the purpose of eliciting
bids, it is impossible to speak with
certainty, but it is unlikely that she
will show less progressive spirit~than
Brazil and Argentina. Though France
and Austria had not. at last accounts
actually begun the construction of
the governments are hoping to make
a start before long. The United States
has four dreadnoughts in commission
and two more nearly ready for service.
Germany has recently completed four,
Japan is building two, and Russia and
Italy have each officially sanctioned
plans for three or four battleships.
While. however, the principle en-
bodied in the zone caliber" gun war
vessel meets with almost universal APP
prevail a notable diversity in the ar
rangement of the guns exists. In her
first dreadnought, which was confess
eddy an experiment, Great Britain in
stalled five pairs. Three were placed
in barbettes on a line running fore and
aft through the middle of the ship, and
the others were put on the sides. well
forward and directly opposite each
other. On the Colossus and several
other later battleships a slight change
has been made. the side pairs being
placed zen echelon," or slantwise.
Spain is one of the countries which
have followed England's latest model
in this particular. She will mount only
four pairs of guns on each battleship,
two pairs on the center line, one well
forward and the other far aft. Be
tween them will be two others. zen
echelon" According to Engineering
(London), all of the eight guns can
be used in either broadside. Brazil
and Argentina have been quick to rec
ogniZe the advantages of this system.
Already the former has two battleships
each mounting twelve guns. which will
be the strength of the main batteries
of the vessels ordered by the latter.
Both countries will be able to utilize
the whole of each battery for broad
side fire. The value of the arrange
ment will be better appreciated when
ii is borne in mind that while Ger
many has put a dozen big guns on
each of her 6readnoughts they are so
disposed that only eight can be used
for broadside. Indeed, in this respect
the new Spanish battleships will be
the equals of the Rheinland, the Mas
sau. the Posen and the Westfalen.
proved disposition of guns here re-
ferred to should be awarded to Great
Britain. which tried it on the cruisers
of the InflexibIe class even before ap-
plying it to her Observation-Disclosures
York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
JAYHAWKER JOTS

AS the Atchison Champion says: The
harvest of wild oats is usually a bum
per crop.
The Rossville Reporter has discov-
cred that Ten dollars isn't much until
you try to borrow it,"
One Pratt man, according to the
Union, has confessed to being some
what ashamed of spending more than
his wife is able to earn for him.
A word of wisdom from the Nick
erson Argosy: There are too many peo-
pie in this world who waste their time
loafing around waiting for times to
get better.
Miss Anna Carlson of the Lindsborg
News sometimes wonders if a man
doesn't feel a little bit embarrassed to
walk down the street with a woman
wearing a three-story elevator hat
draped with fire escapes and dead
grape vines.
1t is strange, says the Minneapolis
Messenger, that the prayer bones and
the swear bones are so close together.
The Messenger is thoughtful enough
to add this parenthesis: (This need
not be explained to the man who has
encountered the rocking chair at
night.)
One Howard couple. relates the Cour-
ant, who have lived together nearly 40
years with scarcely a cross or unkind
word between them, nearly always
quarrel when talking over the phone
Neither of them talk very plainly and
they have trouble in hearing each 9th
er, and the hello girls say it is quite
funny to hear them jaw away at each
other over the wire.
1t is hard to make some boys IN
derstand that it is the small things of
life that makes for a good character
and standing in the community, writes
Conner Davies. The other day we heard
young boy, not over IA years of age
addressing a prominent business man,
old enough almost to be his grandfather,
by his given name. The man didn't re-
sent it, of course, yet we could not
fail to note the look of disgust he gave
the boy who thus addressed him, and
who was oblivious to that respect. due
to the elder man. 1t costs mighty lit
tie to be polite. and it is hard to un-
derstand why it is much neglected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
QUAKER MEDITATONs.

GFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
Laurels that are rested upon soon
wilt.
Silence is the sauce that softens the
spice of life.
One good turn is apt to make us
expect another.
A good memory is one that admits
of discreet forgetfulness.
Doing things in a loose manner is
apt to get one in tight place.
A wife should be mans helpmeet,
especially when it comes to help meet
ing the bills.
The fellow who has lost his grip
can't be expected to grapple with
situation.
Manager-''As a playwright do you
think Scribbler will live ?" Critic-'He
may. if he hides
Many a man who says he hasn't a
dollar he can call his own has a good
many he calls his wife's.
A mans fighting qualities don't al
ways show on the surface. Even the
game cock is chicken-hearted.
Many fellow who tells a girl he
would die for her nearly keeps his
promise when he has to eat her cook
ing.
Wigg-"Did you enjoy the musi-
cale?" Wagg-"Oh, immensely" Wigg
II thought you didn't care for mu-
Sic" Wagg-"That's just it. Only
few of the performers put in an ap
pearance"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News.1

IF'rom the Chicago News.l
The good promoter is true to his
trust.
Coal dealers are preparing to make
it hot for us.
A wise man never bets on a sure
thing or a woman's age.
Hope is a valuable asset-until you
try to raise money on it.
Instead of telling what you are go
ing to do tell what you did.
A man fears a woman's tears as
much as he fears her tongue.
The more unselfish you are the
more selfish you may make others.
1t is safe not to expect anything if
you don't want to be disappointed.
How silly the things man wanted
at the age of 20 look to him at SO!
Don't be surprised if somebody fools
you while you are trying to fool some
body.
Love really is blind, and this ac-
counts for the neckties some women
buy for their husbands.
It's up to a man to choose between
two evils when he is asked to beat the
carpet or take care of the baby while
his wife does 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICs.

What's the matter with the spirit
of the Topeka high school students
and their friends? If it does not come
to the front in the next couple of days
and respond to the modest and most
reasonable request of the athletic as
| ISOLATION for funds. it will be a case
of all work and no play during the
coming school year with the pupils
at this institution. That's not very
good for boys and girls, nor for men
and women, for that matter, or even
beasts.
More than having a team on the
football field this fall is involved in the
proposition. If the season tickets to
the amount of $500 at 81 each are not
sold by the end of the week, not only
will the fine prospects of a champion
ship high school football team be
spoiled. There won't be any basket
ball games during the winter. or fall
or spring track meets, no debates and
possibly no baseball.
These activities occupy, as they
should, prominent place in the life
of all schools above the elementary
grade. Not only do those where phys
icaI prowess is needed serve to encour-
age the boys, and also the girls as
far back as basket ball is concerned,
to develop their Drawn and muscle,
and thereby put them in better trim to
develop their brains, but they provide
the finest kind of recreation and
amusement for those of the student
body who do not participate in them.
1t would seem to be a shame that
all these things would have to be given
up by the high school students be-
cause of a lack of a paltry $500, which
is needed to make sure of their financ-
ing. OF course, it will not absolute
ly kill athletics in the school if this
money is not Forthcoming to permit
the high school teams to compete with
the teams of other schools. There can
be class contests and the like among
the pupils themselves, which are at
tended with very little expense. But
interest in such contests will fall to a
low ebb if they cannot result in the
development of school teams to COM
pete with similar teams of other
schools. 1t is this thing, and this
thing alone which keeps school ath-
letics properly stimulated.
This may strike some people as be-
ing a small matter. But they are way
off. If the high school students are
going to be handicapped through lack
of funds in indulging in all kinds of
athletics, debates and the like. they
will find other and decidedly less prof
liable means to employ the hours that
they don't have to devote to their les
sons. Idle hands and mischief are
boon companions. And, regardless of
the shortage of funds in the hands of
the school board, it would be far bet
ter for that body to provide a reason
able sum of money each year for the
maintenance of athletics and other
school activities outside the class room,
than to let them fall into decay. But
the students and their friends really
ought to provide the necessary sup
port. And it is to be hoped they will
do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
SHE'S GROWING M


She has grown and grown from her baby
It's a wonder to watch how a baby
From her romping. climbing and tomboy
To a Slim sedateness and ribbon bowsl
Yes, sir! To bows on her golden hair,
And the tallness caused by a heightened
can't for a moment tell why I care,
But 1 do-somehow 1 am grieved and
hurt.
She sauntered in when came from town
Last night-with never a word to say,
And came and stood where I'd sat me
down
And looked in my eyes in the strangest
way;
And waited there till her dad should see
skirt,
And I saw it all as she looked at me,
And SO I felt then the sudden hurt.
This maid with her wonderful eyes
Where does childhood go when we put
it by?-
Is not the baby loved last night,
And | know in my heart that howe r
There will be something, elusive, faint,
Twixt me and this maid of the ribbon
bow.
A faint grownupness a dim restraint
That my babe and her daddy could
never know.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The smarter the man the less he lets
on about it.
All humans are equal in the one re-
spect, at least, of being sinners.
-
No man has to try very hard to sue
coed in making a monkey of himself.
Now that the ice bills have begun to
go down the coal and gas bills have
started to go up.
There would be no such thing as
friends if most folk did not get along
any better with others than they do
with their relatives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
HUNOR OF THE DRY

Guide-Want guide? Show YOU everv-
thing you ought to see in Paris
Tourist-No thanks; I'd rather see N.
things 1 oughtn't to see.-Life
Now, Pat, would you sooner lose vo,,v
money or your life?'' 'ouh
why, me loife. yer riverence: I want
Inquirer. P'@
How did you cure your wife of chat
81 told her that when her Inns we've
closed they formed a perfect Cupid's
wigg-I wonder how old Miss Ant,c,,s
Wagg-weI, 10 years ago she conf,aas
moe that she was %, so now I s1lnnoSe
she must be about 3O.-Philadelphia Reco
ord. -SeS-
Now that he is gone 1 presume tt,t
she realizes his full value"
She does And she won't conpron,isa
for cent less."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Waiter-aHaven't you forgotten some
Restaurant Patron-Tm glad Won smoke
of it; my wife. told me not to spend sn1
money foolishly, and I was Just going
to give you tip.-Chicago News.
Captain of Ocean Liner-wbat,s ei,,ne
US such a list to starboard? Cargo shift
First Officer-No, sir; the passenrers
woman has just come out on the
promenade deck with a sheath-skirt on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18

gait on him, and all the other diners
looked and reverenced.
The tailor was squelched. His glory
had suddenly departed. His pompoS-
| ity fell from him like horse blanket.
There was but one thing he could do
Death to the whiffeti The two can
| ines, not six feet apart. were glarlng
and growing at each other. All tnat
was needed to bring on conflict was
a little announcement Mr.. RAISER
gave his mutt a kick and the battle
was on. All the diners agreed that II
was an even thing while 1T lasted, but
it. resulted in the tailor's dog being
kicked outdoors by a waiter, ana the
tailor following without being Kicked
though he threatened all kinds of law
suits as he went.
Next day Mr.. RAISER went back to
his oil stove and kippered herring.
He explained that the eating house
was running his digestion Two days
later Miss Harner went back to ner
oil stove and sausage She explained
that it was too far to go to first
class eating house. Again the Whit
fet and the mutt "sassed" each other
across the alley. Again the racket
of the sewing machines. Again the
doors.
And then one day the climax came
and Cupid arrived. Mr.. RAISER heard
Miss Harner scream He was little
and he was mad, but he was cheva-
her. lie ran down ms SldirS duu up
hers. She had driven needle into
her finger and tainted with the pain.
He assisted the woman to mop her
face in cold water and chafe her
hands and ask her if she felt better.
With a pair of pinchers he pulled the
needle out. He ran after arnica and
plaster. He guaranteed there would
be no case of lock1aw.
And was Miss Harner grateful?
She was. She realized for the first
time what a nice little chap Mr. Ras-
ser was. and he realized the financial
advantages of a tailor and seam
stress under one roof, and it wasn't a
month before the whiffet and the
mutt were eating out Of the same
dish.
Patton alley says it's all arranged
and all right, and when the loving
couple walk out to take in a moving
picture show-arm in ARMAND the
dogs side by side, there are whispers
Of:
my, but if they are so happy now
what will it be when they are wed!"-t
copyrighted 1910 by Associated Lit
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Clio


The man who killed a bear is not
as common now as formerly
We will never be satisfied until
good news is as common as bad news.
A boy wants exercise, but he doesn't
want to get it by carrying up coal and
cutting kindling.
"All I ask" you frequently hear, sis
for others to be reasonable Well.
that is asking good deal
An old-fashioDed Atchison woman
thinks her daughter is disgracing the
family by living an old maid.
The man who complains that he
isn't appreciated isn't making refer
ence to his own estimate of himself.
Penny postage is said to be near at
hand, but it Is hoped not. People can
now tell a real letter from circular.
The mention of whisky has some
what the same effect on the prohibit
ton crank that ginger does on horse.
A Coolidge woman weighs two hun
bred and fifty pounds, and her neigh
bors say they do not believe she knows
it.
When a man brings in an unreason-
able bill now, he explains it by say
ing that automobiles have made the
price of rubber so high.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned man who said to his departing
guest, well come back again. when
you haven't so long to stayl'
An Atchison girls steady went back
on her, but she has Come Back: she
appeared at the nickel theatres last
night with another young man.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who was proud of his coun-
try? All the men now seem to be suf-
fering so much with dyspepsia, from
being overfed, that they find unrea-
sonable and foolish fault with the
country, which is much better now
than it was when its citizens were
proud Of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
KANSAS cOMMENT
THE FIGHT ON DIAz.


There is great lot of very interest
ing reading in magazines nowadays,
about Mexico and most of the writers
ind 1t easy to give the government Of
that country some very severe critic
ism. Perhaps they are partially right
Diaz is a despot and the republic of
Mexico is not run according to the
views of our kind of people. On the
other hand the supporters of DiaZ con-
tend that it is just the kind of gov
eminent that is best for the Mexicans
and that the attacks are unfair and
unwarranted, and either untrue or only
state half the truths.
There is no doubt of one thing. that
Mexico Is better off under DiaZ than
it was under any of his predecessors.
Although Mexico has been republic
for a hundred years, it has always been
governed by dictator, no matter what
was his official title 1t seems to an
observer that the Mexicans can only
be handled by a strong government,
and the better acquainted one gets
with them the more that opinion is
confirmed
Under the administration of Diaz the
people of Mexico have advanced and
the country has developed. He has
given them peace, something they had
never known. He has established a
certain standard of law and order, not
an extra good one, perhaps, but one
that works in Mexico. He has made
Investments reasonably safe and has
protected the, country from the bands
of robbers who formerly overran the
country.
Diaz may not be a model and his
government may be almost as despotic
as is claimed, but there is no denying
that he is the best ruler Mexico has
had and no reason to believe that his
political enemies would be any i'm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18

You have a city of which you may
well be proud said an Indiana dele
gate to the Christian Church convention
to a Topekan the other day. Il have
failed to see single thing in the city
that might discourage any man. 1t is
all the other way. You have every
thing here of the encouraging sort. 1t
must be a delightful city to live and
do business in That's the kind of an
impression Topeka makes on all dis
corning visitors. Is it any wonder that
the town is experiencing a healthy
grOWth?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
FRON OTHER PENS
FOR RAILROAD SAFETY.

Following the enactment at the last
session of congress of laws giving the
interstate commerce commission amply
powers to define the needed safety ap-
pliances for the prevention of accidents
to employees and passengers, and, after
a hearing, to require their adoption, the
commission appointed committee of
Is, equally divided between represta-
tives of the railroads, the railroad OPP
eratiYes and safety-appliance inspectors
of the commission to recommend stand
ard appliances. News from Washington
reports the agreement of this commit
tee upon definite standards-an agree
nent that, happily was unanimous,
although there had been, as naturally
would be surmised, radical differences
of opinion and judgment before salts
factory concessions were reached.
How these differences of opinion, even
among the railroad companies them
selves, INSTRUCTED the adoption of the
automatic coupler is a familiar story,
and the adoption by unanimous agree
ment of set standards for these other
appliances is the more welcome. The
recommendations formulated deal chief
ly with the equipments Of cars with
secure side steps. effective hand brakes
and, where necessary, ladders and run
ming boards, with proper hand holes
or grabirons.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18

The latest move in the war against
vice at Seattle is the issuance of a
court order restraining the mayor and
chief of police of the city from recog-
mixing the district alleged to be infest-
ed with degraded women. Henceforth,
therefore, when the mayor and chief of
police go through this district it is to
be presumed that they must not bow
and take off their hats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
THE ROYAL EQUILIBRIUM.

The birth of a new republic in Eu-
rope was counterbalanced shortly in
advance of the event, not altogether
unforeseen there or whereabouts, by
the creation, with the hearty consent
of all the great powers of new
kingdom liliputian in its proportions
but a kingdom none the less-Monte-
negro, with its 100000 subjects and
its capital of 4,355 inhabitants.
Numerically, the monarchical prin-
ciple has more than held its own in
Europe in these modern democratic
times. The period of creation of vast
monarchies out of the shattered
thrones of smaller ones appears to be
closed; a movement in the opposite
direction han succeeded it, and it is
itself already nearing its end for lack
of further material. The principally
of Roumania was raised to the dig
nifty of a full-f1edged kingdom in 1881
Norway was permitted to separate
from Sweden and elect monarch of
its own in 1906. Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria elevated himself to the rank
of car and his country to complete
independence last year; and Nicholas
of Montenegro followed his example
little while ago. Numerically. royalty
is certainly holding its own.-New
York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18

Under a heading, 1.-The Last of the
Duellists,'' Colonel John Temple
Graves, one of the hfgh-priced stars in
the Hearst editorial armament, pays
a stirring tribute to John Armstrong
Chaloner because he has challenged to
a duel Prince Dolgorouki, who nosed
out Sheriff Bob Chanler in a race for
the affections of Mime. Cavalier. Col
Graves calls John Armstrong, 1.-The final
exemplar of the once glorious doctrine
of Personal Responsibility" And he
concludes his piece by saying: 80
here's to you. John Armstrong ChaI-
oner, of Merrie Mills. Virginia-last of
the line of chivalry and last exponent
of the code. Hail and farewell" Be it
remembered that Mr.. Graves writes
this stuff or rot, or whatever it is.
about a man who has changed his fam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press. ]

IFrom the New York Press.l
A man who has a bad temper al
ways claims it's somebody else.
A girl would just as lief wear mems
clothes if they were like Woman's
Nobody fails to hear about secret en-
gagements except a few strangers.
People take an awful lot of trouble
about their grammar without bother
ing much about their morals.
The more terms of endearment a
man will have for woman befor e
they are married the fewer he will
have after they are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18

Believing that a reprehensible form
Of peonage exists in several of the
southern states, the federal govern
ment has taken steps to break it up.
The matter will be settled this time,
not with guns. but in an orderly fash
ion in the courts of the land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18

They have a peculiar way of doing
business in France. After the govern
ment authorities had arrested the lead
ers Of the big railroad strike and had
succeeded in breaking the backbone of
the strike, they turned around and
granted the strikers their chief demand,
a minimum wage of 81 a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18

Discussions concerning the turkey
are now in order. Some authorities
declare that turkeys will be plentiful
this Thanksgiving. Others insist they
will be scarce. AS regards the turkeys
themselves, however, they will proba-
bly, not be as scarce as they would like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-18

If that dirigible balloon which sailed
from France to London the other day
had been of the German, instead of the
French variety, the war scare which
would have broken out in England
would have been of tremendous proper
tons,