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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record
Success is generally a case of doing
things first.
1t doesn't pay to make a $40 bet
over 10 cent argument.
A Manayunk spinster is named Anne
x. Aman, but she never has
No. Maude dear: we don't know
what would happen if ship should
lose her hold.
To fight and run may be all right, if
a man enters a political battle and
runs for Office.
OF course the wealthy philanthropist
is fond of the poor. He made his for
tune out of them.
The rich mans idea of a Socialist is
a man who wants to make everybody
else as poor as he is.
About the only time a woman is
speechless with establishment is when a
man gives her his seat in a crowded
car.
Hoax-"I wonder what the crowd
II suppose there's a man inside hav-
ing f1t."
Zine feathers don't make fine
Birds quoted the Wise Guy. NO.
assented the Simple Mug, most of
them are used to make fine hats"
Scribbler-''The editors will no long
er take mother-in-law jokes" Scrawler
No, even an editor realizes that a
mother-in-1aw is no joke"
He-'I wish we could afford to get
married. She-"Oh. we can live on
bread and cheese. and kisses. He
"All right. You furnish the bread and
cheese"
Slobbs-"Have you heard about
Bjones? He married an actress .
Slobbs-"How many times has she
been married before?" Rlobbs-"Nev-
err Slobbs-"She must be one of
those amateur actresses"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The Dig disturbance which arose
from the charge, made by a political
| enemy, that Mr.. Dahlman, Denocrstic
| nominee for governor of Nebraska, had
shot a man. has quieted down. Mr..
Dahlman graciOusly admits that he
| shot man while young and impetuous.
but offers as &. defense and extenuatine
circumstance, that the gent whom he
shot was his brother-in-law After
this explanation, there is nothing rnora
to be said. Had Mr.. Dahlman been 81
lnconsjderate as to shoot a perfect
stranger, his conduct might have been
classified as reprehensible. AS he kent
the incident within the family, we are
willing to consider 1t closed.
While on my recent vacation" saws
Hondo Murphy. 81 discovered a fine
specimen of that almost extinct biped.
the truthful man. was seeing Wash
ington, and in the course of my in
spection, arrived at the Capitol build
ing. The guide pointed out a clock
rather ordinary looking clock,-I have
seen several larger and better looking
ones,-and said: That clock is abso.
lutely correct. The sun goes down at
night and comes up again the next
morning by that clock
This was a positive statement. but
didn't call the guy on suspicion.
waited until he wasn't looking, AMI
pulled out my watch to see about II
And I'll be dinged If he hadn't told the
truth. That clock was right to a dot"
We observe, from the fashion notes.
that skunk and cub bear win be the
modish trimming for gowns and velvet
suits this winter" Glad tidings. in
deed. We had feared from what we
had encountered in street cars and
other crowded places, that onions. moth
balls, assafoetida and gasoline wera
destined to become popular as winter
trimmings.
German aviator named Haasfell
was killed Saturday. He fell, and was
killed by the fall.
If you have anything to saw tn a
mule, say it to his face.
The male population is divided into
two grand divisions,-those who know
how to make fudge, and men.
A watch may be all run down in the
spring, but a hard fall will put it on the,
Fritz for greater length of time.
CThis is composed of two old musty
ones, welded together.
After a clerk has shown a woman
everything in the store, it is hard for
him to show her ordinary civility.
No, Angelina, one does not produce
foot-notes by blowing on shoe horn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
Wall of Broken China.

Mrs. Denler, wife OF Capt. John
Denler, of Garfield avenue police sta
ton, has built wall of china in her
residence, 800 Dragon avenue, and it
is a question in the minds of her neigh
bors whether her feat does not rival
that of building the Chinese wall.
Old smashed china! Laid in kali
eidoscopic patterns, with a keen view
to color effects and size. A very
patchwork of porcelain bisque, and
glass. Heads of Dresden shepherdess-
es, executed in some catastrophe of
busting; triangular scraps of white
and ruby glass, emerald, and amber
perdition; heads of powdered mar
quises once the proud center of a
plate, now diademed with glazed
crowns that once did hum bier duty as
a breakfast cup: umbrella knobs and
broken coffee pots are Embedded in
dred other things. Everything lost is
saved"
Mrs. Denler looked at her work with
satisfaction as, pointing with just
pride to the highly enameled metal
ceiling of her unparalleled sun parlor
floor, she said: 81 did it myself Laid
the floor, put four coats of paint on the
ceiling, lathed the walls. put on the
hard walP-did everything.
nave saved O1Q CIll4d IOT years.
explained this pattern of housewives.
Some of it because it was house
hold treasure and the rest because
meant to do something with the pieces
I really valued some day. didn't
know what. Finally, this idea came to
me, and got all my friends collecting,
too
The china-wall conservatory is lined
with Towering plants and palms, heat
ed to the same temperature in winter
as it gets in summer from its Southern
exposure, and equipped with armchairs
and photograph. Over it fly snow
white pigeons, and behind it tiny
chicken peck.
Many a piece, in its slow and pain
full formation, has a family history for
which it stands immutable. Not an
angle protrudes from the sleek coat of
plaster that meets carefully with every
jagged edge; the colors have been har-
monized with the care Of a jewel max
er. ct used to put the pieces under
water to decide how to lay them,'' said
Mrs. Denler. "They look prettier that
way, and you get the effect better. It's
funny the way people stand outside
the house and watch. When I play
my pianola I can collect an audience
in two minutes any night And I don't
mind a bit. Any one who wants to
come and see my wall is welcome.''-
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
THE Los ANGELES DISASTER.


When the news of the wrecking of
the Los Angeles Times was flashed
across the country, probably the first
thought that came to the minds of most
people was that the outrage was con-
nected in some way with the relentless
war which for years has been waged
between General Otis, owner of the pa
per, and the labor unions.
But conceding that this wanton de-
struction of life and property may have
resulted from bitterness engenderd by
the labor war, there will be few sober
minded people who will lay the act at
the door OF the unions.
Labor organizations, as a rule, are
composed of as good a class Of citizens
as can be found, but in any body of
men united by a common thought or
interest there may be a Wilkes Booth,
Guitteau, Czolgosz or a Harry Or
chard. If the guilty party shall ever
be discovered, it probably will be found
that he is some such creature as these.
Intelligent and well balanced men, such
as make up the great body of organized
labor do not do such things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

lowing "Reminiscences from the political
history of New York: The situation of
the Republican party of New York is
much like that which arose in the con-
hict between the ''Stalwarts'' and the
'Half-Breeds' a quarter of century
ago. This division between the two fac
tons split the party wide open, and re-
suited in the election of Grover CleVe-
land. To appreciate the conditions it is
necessary only to substitute the reae-
tionaries Of today for the Stalwarts,
and the Insurgents or pretended Pro-
gressives for the Half Breeds Anoth-
er division was between the federal and
state officeholders. Judge Charles J.
Folger, secretary of the treasury in
President Arthur's administration, a
man of high abilities and blameless
character. was nominated for governor
in 1887 and Cleveland was elected over
him by a plurality of $4,000 votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
an THE sANns

The wane of day filings its fair rose
over a brown-gray stretch of beach
And the tides foam-fringed interviews.
Whilst, of the human nspers
Ihat dare to cross its plain,
The sea, in husky whispers,
Proclaims a lone disdain.
The last sun-ray has ceased to rest
On the surf-cinctured sand;
To the pine-seented land
Silence steals, a phantom guest,
10 meditation thus it saith:
Life is twilight gale
Whose strength doth naught avail
In ocean-clamn1y depths of death!'
Then l turn once again to where
Into one sea and sky do grow,
And-look! Bright through the misting
air,
A passing sails hope-buoyant glow.
William Struthers, in Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The U. S. Geological Survey states
that the total quantity of Portland, ma
tural and puzzolan cements produced
in the United States during 1909 was
64,196,3S6 barrels. valued at s51,232,-
979. AS compared with 1908. when
the production was 52,91O,925 barrels,
valued at $44,477,65S, the year 1909
showed an increase of 11,2s5.461 bar
reIs, or 21.3 per cent. in quantity, and
an increase of $6,755,S26, or ISL
per cent in value. The increase in
quantity is the largest ever recorded,
says the Cement Age, but the failure
of the increase in value to keep pace
with the increase in production is sig
nificant of the trade conditions which
the cement industry encountered dur
ing 1909.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

One of the special correspondents at
Washington reports a belief there that
all the members of the cabinet have
advised the president to appoint
Charles E. Hughes chief justice of the
United States; also that the president
has under consideration as possible as
sociate justice Senator Sutherland of
Utah, Judge Swayze of the New Jersey
supreme court, and r. V. Lindaberry
of the Newark bar. So we may get
some Jersey justice" at the hands of
the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACH -1LoR.

TFron the New York Press.
Character often can't save reputa-
ton.
Everybody is thin skinned about his
weaknesses.
A man can even act as If his indi-
gestion is because there Is such a poor
government.
Your baby cries little bit, poor
dear; everybody else's yeIls like the
dickens, little imp.
Women can keep on deserving with
out getting it almost forever and not
give UP expecting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The tariff is not to blame for all the
advantages which Europeans have over
citizens Of the United States in the mat
ter Of ordinary expenses. An 11-pound
package can be mailed from Pittsburg
to foreign countries at II cents pound
But no package weighing more than
four pounds can be mailed to any point
within the United States, and the rate
is 16 cents a pound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

marred by years of Imprisonment, and
loyalty that stands the test of long abb
sence are not so common that their APP
pearance is to be ignored. To COM
plete the picture, these men should. as
we believe they will, show by their
upright conduct an appreciation of the
blessings that they have in their wives.
Columbus Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

According to the biennial report Of
the state superintendent of schools the
average salary paid teachers last year
was $49.06 per month to men and
SA6.22 to women. This it will be re-
membered is only for from six to nine
months in the year. Is it any wonder
that there is continual complaint about
a scarcity of teachers?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
NOT ENOUGH OF EN-.

Either the Republican party plat
form in Kansas has been wrong for
fifty years, or it is right this year
for the first time. The Nationalist pre-
fers to believe that the party has been
right year by year. and that it has
lot of wrong doctrines in the plat
form this year Republicanism and
democracy are not synonymous. in
platforms. There were not enough reg
ular Republicans at Topeka to build
a good platform, so the insurgents put
up a bad one.-Manhattan Nationalist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
HOW, INDEED?

How can the government make rail-
road rates that will yield fair returns
on the property used until it knows the
value of that property? A railroad
these days is not a private competitive
business. but a monopoly that will, if
left to itself, take all the traffic will
bear The public asks that this mon
opoly be regulated by the government,
allowing fair returns on actual invest
ments.-Jewell County Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

Perhaps it is just as well, from
political standpoint that the postmas-
ters have been put under civil service.
They might secure a presidential nom
lnation, but It is the people who elect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

According to the available statistics
only 80 persons have ever died from
snake bite in this country. Is this put
out as an advertisement for the distil-
1ariea9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

After the matter of having the menu
printed in English has been accom-
plished the reformers might turn their
attention to the doctors prescrip-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

Seven persons committed suicide in
one day in Philadelphia. What is need
ed is an aiu society to help people to
leave the Quaker city by some other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The assertion that automobiles are
not growing cheaper is upset by an
examination of the tax assessors rolls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

Perhaps the movement to have the
menu printed in English is designed tC
reduce the high cost of living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

There is talk of dividing Texas into
two states but the Washington Herald
thinks one Texas is enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The question is no longer, what shall
we do with our presidents. but what
shall we do with our vice presidents?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

An aerial fire department to look after
burning sky scrapers may be the mex
new thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The Teddy bear Is likely to lose it's
popularity in a number of New York
families.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

Jessie Morrison is out of prison anf
she neither wrote poetry nor invented
q flying machine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Time continues to flv without any
accidents to propeller or engine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

We are told by the treasury depart
ment that there is no scarcity of mon
ey, but a lot of people know better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The country viii be interested in
watching the OolonePs pursuit of the
Tammany tiger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The New York World refers to it as
the appointment" of Mr.. Stimson to
the candidacy for the governorship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

Repeating that old theory so often
exploded. that history repeats ITSELF"
tina philadelphia Record prints the fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

Life for Governor Haskell seems to
have been just one trial after another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

Scientists say men will soon learn to
eat sharks and enjoy them. Tit for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
THE DIVORCE EVIL.

The divorce evil is having another
run in the newspapers and magazines.
The divorce evil like Alice's cigarette
smoking is worse for the advertising
1t gets. If man and woman are right
the marriage relationship VII be a sue
cess but when the parties to the con-
tract are wrong, the devil is to pay
and there is no help for it. The di-
vorce court simply reflects a condi-
ton in the community. The divorce
evil must be overcome before mar
riage. The lesson must be learned in
the home. When parents are able to
teach their children right living, then
there will be fewer domestic TRACE
dies. and the divorce problem will set
tie itself. So long as girls in short
dresses are permitted to wear fake
hair, and patent compilations and CAD
the streets at night; so long as boys
in knee pants are permitted to have
key parties, play penny ante, wear
Johnny hats with red bands and funk
in their studies-so long will a class
of men and women be turned out who
will break into the divorce courts on
the slightest provocation. There are
too many Fluffy Ruff1es and too many
Johnny boys in the world. A change
in the breed would help some.-Holton
Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
FRON OTHER PENS
A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

Among the most important signs of
the times is that political policy of lead
ing newspapers in the largest cities
which publishes the news of all par
ties, leaving the people to form their
own conclusions from what they read
in the news columns, or to adopt the
views expressed on the editorial page.
In this day of independent thinking
the newspaper in greatest demand is
the one that prints the news impair
TALLY True the present day partisan
ship of the political editorial is not the
intense, furious prejudice of the past,
and to this extent reflects the change
which is manifested the country over.
Such Roadway have the voters made
in the last decade that more than
three-fourths of the ballots cast in
local elections represent independent
selection of candidates on various
tickets. In many instances the voters
party affiliation cannot be detected
from his marking of the ballot In
the highest and broadest sense the
watchword of The Sun" is to cham
pion the rights and liberties of the
people; to serve the whole commun-
ity; to let nothing stand in the way of
devoted service to the common inter
ests The wrongdoer fears nothing so
much as he fears publicity. A vigor-
Gus, impartial press is a blazing sun,
blighting workers of iniquity. Turn
on the light. Let us walk in it rather
than in darkness.-Pittsburg Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
SHE MAY COME BACK.

The census returns seem to show
that Chicago has ceased to be the
worlds wonder for rapidity of growth
which it was for many years. 1t is a
fair inference that the long period of
almost unparalleled swiftness of devel
opment which gave the Western me-
tropolis fame far beyond the borders
of the United States has ended, be-
cause the actual increment of its popu-
Iation, in the last ten years, not to
speak of the rate per cent of growth,
proves to have been much below the
record made in the preceding decade.
But this logical conclusion may be
upset by the next census. It may be
found that Chicago can come back"
as a marvel of rapid growth. Great
cities do that, sometimes. after drop
ping for a decade or two, far below the
rate of progress expected of them.
Not that there is anything slow in
Chicago's expansion or commonplace
in its gains, except by contrast with its
past. Any city which adds nearly half
a million to its population in ten years
and reaches the vast total of 2,1S5,2S3
is entitled to the respectful attention
of the world. 1t is one of the big
forces in the life of this country, as
such a city surely would be in any
other-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
KANSAS COANENT
CIVIC ENTHITsrAsM


If you want your home city to re-
man stationary or to lose in popula-
Ion, one sure way to helyp toward
that end, is to adopt an apologize
attitude IN speakin gof your home in
stltutlons- If you have a friend Wis
lting you, or when you are convers-
ing with travelling men. be sure and
make it clear that you recognize all
the faults of the place that you live in.
.Thereby they viii perceive that you
are person of high social and bus
mess standards, of keen and critical
perceptions, accustomed to move free
~ among the seats of the mighty.
They viii note that you condescend
to mingle with the common people,
and that you absent yourself from the
worlds great metropolitan centers,
merely from some interesting eccen-
trio whim.
But although you may succeed in
making this impression, your real
estate or your business Will not there
by grow more valuable, nor will your
wages thereby be increased. You will
not thereby add anything to the rep
utat1on possessed by your town as a
good place to live and do business in,
which reputation is the only thing
that draws newcomers.
We have often noted the feeling of
pride with which people in a grow
ing city speak Of the place they live
IN They talk of the things in alarge
"NS' AHSy Sdll the little DTOOh rum
ming through the town a river, the
pond is lake, the hill is a mountain.
1t is easy, of course, for people to
get to speaking about such things in
a hightflow bombastic way. But
an enthusiastic vie wof ones sur
roundings need not necessarily make
itself ridiculous
This habit of civic enthusiasm is
not the effect of growth. but a cause
and the principle cause. Just as a
man accomplishes in life the degree
OF success he believes he can accom-
plish, so a city accomplishes in some
degree the growth its people believe
it can attain:-Atchison Champion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

A watch may be all run down in the
spring, but a hard fall will put it on the
Fritz for greater length of time.
CThis is composed of two old musty
ones, welded together
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

After clerk has shown a woman
everything in the store, it is hard for
him to show her ordinary civility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

Maud-Tom had me talk into a phono-
graph SO he can hear my voice while I'm
away.
Clara-How lovely! And he can stop
the machinei-Pu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The male population is divided into
two grand divisions,-those who know
how to make fudge, and men.