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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
KANSAS COMMENT
THE "DREADNoI1GHT. FOLLY

THE ''DREADNOUGHT' FOLLY.
The battleship North Dakota is
tnat terrible thing called a Dread
1t is the fastest, newest, most ter
rible; it combines everything known to
modern science in a battleship.
still. there was an explosion on
board the North Dakota the other
day, in which three men were killed,
and nine injured.
In the fierce naval battle in Manila
pay, one american sailor was slightly
wounded. But hundreds of American
on warshiDs: several hundred at one
SMaineq' That ' was terrible affair .'''
The Panama canal is being built
mainly to accommodate the navy. Ask
any expert the principal uses of the
Panama canal, and his first reply will
be-: ut will double the efficiency of
the navy" Not satisfied with the
Panama canal, the most stupendous
work ever undertaken by man, a fa-
vortte leader is now demanding that
the Panama canal be fortified. That
means more useless expense; more
taxes.
Real reform in this county will re-
main an impossibilitt until the people
learn that the masses are easily de-
luded by selfish leaders.
The great sums we are putting into
navy is wasted; many men doubt the
utility of the Panama canal but not
satisfied with these great bonf1res of
money. we are now crazy about con-
servation. Under the lead OF the man
most prominent on this subject, we
have spent since 1895 more than twen-
ty million dollars. OF this great
amount, less than two millions have
been spent for real conservation. and
more than nineteen millions to boom a
politician for the presidency.-Atchi-
son Globe.
WILL USE NEWSPAPERS ONLY.
The merchants of Manhattan, Kan.
have decided to turn down all fake
advertising schemes, and will make all
their announcements through the To-
cal papers.
The oily tongued stranger who goes
to Manhattan to issue a livery stable
directory, will receive no encourage
ment. The man who offers to paint
advertising on trees or barb wire
fences at so much a letter will be
thrown through the transom.
The merchants Of Abilene have fol-
lowed suit, and will hereafter spend
no more money to have their names
balloons or on wOodchuckS.
The movement is spreading and the
day is at hand when all Kansas mer-
chants will adopt the safe and sane
plan and do their advertising in the
newspapers.
1t is the only way to reach and in
terest the people who buy things. The
people read their home newspapers,
but they don't read telephone poles
or cows or barb wire fences. You
never saw a man seated by his fire.
side reading a board fence or the side
of a barn to his chi1dren.-Fredonia
Citizen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

FROM the AtchfSOn GLOBE
Some idle people are not annoying
but there isn't one in thousand.
A steady man doesn't have to spend
much of his time looking for a steady
job.
Because there isn't any way Of tell
ing what they will say, children should
be seen and not heard.
Boy ball players. say of a profess
with that good bat"
If you are a stronger man than 9TH
ers, do not boast of it; demonstrate it
modestly and effectively.
There are people who only listen to
able to hear only the defense.
If you have lately had a "trip
probably you talk too much about it;
you may not realize 1t, but your friends
do.
81 don't like noisy automobiles, and
they greatly annoy me; still 1 can't
make a noisy automobile run quietly
-Parson Irvine.
A certain Atchison man is always
saying, 'If I had money. 1 would not
live in THIS town." But unfortunate
ly he will never have money.
Do you whine? Do you find fault
with everything and everybody? Then
make an effort to quit 1t. You are
not only harming others, but what is
y
stamp, you are harming yourself.
1t sometimes develops that, when a
man begins printing notices to the eff
feet that he will no longer be respon-
sible for any debts contracted by his
wife, that he never really was: that
the tendency not to was what sent her
away from home
An Atchison man has such a reputa-
ton that when men approach him for
a trade, or to borrow money, they al
ways expect to get the worst of it, and
accept the worst of 1t. But when q
man tries to trade with you, doesn't he
always expect the best of it?
Walk steadily toward st. Louis.
taking care of your feet. and resting
and feeding at proper intervals, and
you will get there in time. Along the
way, you will see much of interest;
you will gather much information Of
value. Same way with your business:
at times seem dull and annoying, in
time it will amount to something.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

mo. Agatha, really didn't. but I
would not have caused you any-er-
embarrassment-not for kings ram
som. And dad had set his heart on
Agatha-you are. I didn't want you
ever to suspect how L had really begun
to feel about It! Dear old Aunt PEN
ny! OF course I'll see and tell her
that 1t is what I wished to do!'
Worse and worsei Home went, hot
and trembling. I shut myself in my
room and would see no callers. To-
ward evening. when I had reasoned
it all out and had begun to be glad
we had both been saved from our
friends and from the great mistake,
Aunt Penny came to me with trf-
umphant light in her eyes.
Icons father has come to set
things right. You must come down
and see him."
When I reached the drawing room.
where he waited. I could not help
L 1a father looked. He might have
been forty-f1ve-he had been a widow
er for many years. He took my hand
in his.
what can I say to you-what can
do?"
Sitting there with my hand in his,
I told him the whole bald, disagree
able truth. He bent over me when 1
had finished.
"Agatha!' he whispered. "Dear"
Love that had fed from a long
courtship came to me that instant
without any courtship. 1 loved Icons
father and I knew it. I found my
self swept, unresisting, into his arms.
Aunt Penny came in soon. and we told
her of the change. and restored her
to normal afterward. There was to be
wedding day on the day set I would
marry Icons father. There would
be little gossip, of course, there is
always a buzz of excitement over the
marriage of an elderly man who writes
checks sometimes in seven figures; but
there would be no scandal. I would
be mother to Leon, after all; but
never would 1 dictate to him when
it came to marriage.
When I went upstairs on that night
of my second betrothal glanced along
the wall at the faces of my ancestors.
They seemed to smile approval at me,
all but one My great uncle. Peter
Penryn. lay face down on the floor, q
perfect ruin. When he fell, or why,
I never knew. Was he ashamed OF
me, 1 wonder. or was he overcome
with oy?-(Copyrighted 1910 by Asso-
ciated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
A Special list.

'tBut you said you had done the
cooking for whole family" exclaim-
ed the exasperated housewife when the
ignorant of the mysteries of broiling a
steak and could not have roasted a
chicken If her life depended on it..
'How in the world could you ever have
done that when you seem to Know
nothing about it?"
The new incumbent smiled bland1y.
"I did cook for a family of four" she
protested. ''But they called them
selves vegetables, and all we had to
eat used to be nuts and boiled pota-
toes, and I always boiled the potatoes"
New York Sim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er. an Insurgent publication, recently
permitted Cartoonist Darling to perpe-
trate one which proves conclusively
that the r. and L. editor Is not familiar
with the classics. The cartoonist rep
presents Taft, as the agitated parent,
standing on the shore. and beseechinS
his daughter, Public Sentiment" to
come back. In a email boat she is
pictured as clipping with the Highland
Chief" Insurgency Beneath Is the
well known verse:
Come back, come back" he cried in
grief,
Across the stormy water.
And I'll forgive your Highland Chief,
My daughter, oh my daughter"
OF course, this was intended as a
slam at Taft, and a boost for the
smartness of Insurgency in clipping
with public Sentiment But as We
remember the rest of the poem, the
Highland Cher didn't come back and
receive parental forgiveness because he
was drowned exceedingly dead by the
stormy water"
1t has been our observation, that the
dinkiest towns on the map have the
largest ordinance books. We venture
to state that a man is more liable to
arrest for violating a city ordinance In
Lawrence than he is in Chicago Or
New York.
John r. Bradley is going to Eta1
after DR. Cooks records. The trip TO
Etah is said to be anything but q
pleasure trip, and even worse than u
trip to Fort Scott over the Missouri
Pacific. Now, why doesn't Mr.. Brad
ley see Commander Robert Peary and
get Cooks record in detail without the
ii convenience of the Etah trip?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
THE STATE FAIR.

Measured from every angle, the
Kansas State Fair which was held here
this week, was an unqualified success.
Not only that, it was an unprecedented
success for this section of the state, at
least. And in all probability there has
never been a better agricultural ex-
position in Kansas. The agricultural
exhibits from grain and fruit to swine,
cattle and horses, were many and mar
vellous. Nature is an incredible magi-
clan when she has such soil as Kansas
boasts of to work with, and such in
telligent aid as Kansas farmers can
give her. And all of the wonders
created by such deft hands and skill
were on display.
Perhaps the excellence Of these dis
plays, with exciting horse races, and
amusements varied and many as added
attractions, was responsible for the fact
that the attendance at the last days OF
the fair was larger by far than was
that of the first days. It did not take
long for the news to get circulated
around that the fair was real one in
every sense of the word. The size of
the attendance and enthusiasm of the
crowds gave sufficient demonstration
to everyone that the people far and
wide in Kansas welcome the oppor-
tunity to patronize an agricultural ex-
position that is one. All these things
show that a great state fair. with the
necessary backing from the great agri-
cultural state of Kansas, would be ap-
preciated by the people of the COM
monwealth and would be supported by
them in handsome fashion. It would
soon become one of the premier agri-
cultural expositions of the nation. And
the promoters of the fair held in To-
peka this year may be pardoned for
c1inging to the belief that they have
pointed the way to such a state fair
and have provided the necessary
nucleus around which it can be built.
A few words of appreciation con-
corning this fair would be far from
incomplete without some especial mem
ton of the great service to Topeka in
finally establishing a real fair here
and making 1t a success that has been
performed by the gentlemen who have
served as its directors and officials.
Nor is it likely that a single one of
them will begrudge the CHIEF honors for
the success of the fair to Mr.. H. L.
Cook, who acted as their secretary. 1t
was little else than genius that Mr..
Cook displayed in organizing such a
fair in a few months out of almost
nothing. Horse racing was the only
thing that the Topeka fairs" have
been famous for during the past few
years. This reputation naturally made
exhibitors of agricultural products and
adjuncts skeptical of any promises for
the future. Mr.. Cook found a way to
overcome this skepticism. That he is
the right man in the right place al
most goes without saying. With the
fine fair of this year for background
to work on, there can be little doubt
as to what the fair of next year will
be. Nor will there be any doubt that
Mr.. Cook will get all the help he needs
from the men of Topeka to carry on
the good work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The originality Of some poets verse
Is obvious.
Most of the people who know 1t all
only think so. ~.
Gratitude is quite as rare as ingrati-
tude is common.
The height of dissipation for many
a man is to sneak away from his wife
and eat dish of chilli all by himself
= =
You often hear an individual say
there's no such thing as luck. He
means good luck. Everybody believes
there is such a thing as bad luck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

At last, the worm has turned. Ball
players in the major leagues have or
ganized and are drawing up sort of
a magma charter to present to the pow
ers that be in organized baseball The
players are going to demand that q
few reasonable rights be extended to
them. According to the ideas OF the
baseball magnates, however, the play
ers have no rights at all. So, IN all
probability. the players are wasting
valuable time and gray matter in
drawing I'D their magma charter. That
il. unless they propose to follow up
its turn down with strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
FRON OTHER PENS
GUARDING LIFE ON RAILWAYS.

GUARDING LIFE ON RAILWAYS.
One of the most important laws en-
acted by the last congress was that en-
larging the powers of the interstate
commerce commission to enable it to
define the necessary safety appliances
and enforce regulations for safeguard
ing human life on railroads.
The law is one In which the presi-
dent is deeply interested. Indeed, 1t
vas recommended to congress by him
and he pronounces it one OF the most
important laws any congress ever en-
acted. 1t is broad In it's scope, and yer
the president proposes to go even fur
Their in his recommendations along
this line to the next congress. He
wants another bill passed that will pro-
vide for still better inspection of loco
motive boilers and the removal of dam
gereus overhead distractions.
The encouraging feature about this
legislation is that most railroads are
ready and prompt to cooperate with
the government toward securing its
benefits. The most progressive roads
are diligently engaged in q campaign
to lessen the possibility Of casualty and
are making splendid Roadway. There
is yet much more to be done and I'M
doubtedly the acts of congress will be
instrumental in accomplishing the ut
most in this direction.-Omaha Bee.
WALKING TRIPS.
In an eastern CITY, IHey nave WHa'
they call walking trips" which are
devised and managed by society de-
voted to botany or to any other sub
ject that the society might choose.
Anybody can join who is willing to
pay a modest stipend which goes to
the guide. Said guide is a betanist
geologist mineralogist or whatever
kind of teacher or professor might in
terest one.
The walk is planned into some re-
gion where the topic may find ample
Illustration, the guide stopping al
many places and giving object lessons
to the class. A vast amount of knowl-
edge could be gained on such strells
far more probably than one could get
in a textbook recitation. And then
how happily would all this knowledge
blend with the social affair, with the
fine walking exercise and the romance
of the landscape and sky!
1t seems that everything good con-
spires to deck an occasion like this.
There are knowledge, health and JOY
in it. 1t is the way to make the most
out of walk. Most people come back
from a walk with a tired feeling, but
these organized and educational walks
bring one back with his mind full OF
good ideas and his thoughts up in the
skies -ObiO State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the chicago News. ]

From the Chicago News-]
Philosophy is but another name for
discretion.
'She's pretty" is about all one
can say of some girls.
The average man is never fairly
discussed behind his back.
A woman doesn't mind being fooled
when she does it herself.
Some railroad securities are almost
as insecure as the road itself.
A man isn't necessarily charitable
because he gives his friends away.
Few things shock people, but it's
so respectable to make believe.
Woman's beauty makes mans
brains look like a dollar minus 20
cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

GFrom the New York Press.1
The more the farewells the less sim
cere the parting.
There's hardly anything so opinion
ated as red hair.
The most disappointing lottery is
drawn out of the ballot box.
The worse man is himself the mora
pride he can take in the virtues of his
ancestors.
1t would be pretty hard on the in
mates of an insane asylum to lock I'm
a few engaged couples with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Another thing to the great credit Of
King George Of Great Britain is that
he speaks the English language in a
way that is readily understood. He
uses none of that affected, drawing
diction with half-swallowed words
sandwiched in which is so common
with the "swells" of Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Omcials OF the socalled brick trust
have been indicted for violating the
Sherman antitrust law by federal
grand jury in Chicago. The day has
evidently arrived when officers of
trusts can not conduct their business
just as they please regardless of the
laws of the land. 1t has been a long
time coming though
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

items are appearing frequently in
the newspapers these days telling of
aviators taking headers in their aero
planes. Such headers must be nearly
as severe as were those which were
taken occasionally some 20 years ago
by the riders of the high wheeled BIZ
cycles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

There is some hope for progress and
develoT ment in Russia. william E.
Curtis reports to the Chicago Record
Eerald that American made machin-
cry is used by the farmers of Russia
to till their farms and American goods
are recognized by the natives as su-
perior to all others
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

For the first time in 80 years the
balance of trade favors Europe instead
OF the United States. The people of the
United States will begin to wake up
pretty soon to the fact that they are
paying too much attention to politics
and not enough to business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

What has become of the state poiiti-
cal campaign in Kansas? Here it is
only seven weeks from election and
nothing is doing. But the people of the
commonwealth will be very well salts
fed If the campaign does not become
active until a week before November s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

A possible and direful calamity is
pointed out by the Cleveland Plain
Dealer in these words: IF meat prices
go any higher, the intellectual bean
will have to give up all further assoc
citation with it's lifelong side-partner-
xlorlS -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Grace Van Studdiford, the comic
opera star, is also something of a
financier. Her petition for voluntary
Bankruptcy shows that she was able to
pile up debts to the amount of $20,-
sol. In the eyes of some people she is
far from being broke, however, as she
has assets amounting to $40 in cash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Illinois case appears to be hopeless.
Most of the Lorimer Democrats in the
last house, including several of them
who are actually under indictment for
accepting brides to vote for Lorimer
for United States senator. were success
full at the primaries held the other day
in obtaining denominations to the leg
isiature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Men seem to be changing nowadays
as are the times A New Yorker has
surprised the world, and undoubtedly
shocked the sensibilities of countless
other New Workers of the "old school"
by resigning a city position paying
$4,000 because there is no real work for
him to do. This man, his name is
Robert G. Winter. did not care to take
money he was not earning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

And now the joke seems to be on
Nine. Cavalieri. The fortune" Bob
Chanler SO graciously turned over to
her is encountered to such an extent
that she will be lucky If she gets out
of her present difficulties without hav-
ing to pay some of Mr.. Chanler' S
debts. At any rate. she is out three
installments Of the $40 a month al
lowance she granted him. 1t is to
lauRh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

On the usual basis taken in making
such estimates Topeka's new directory
gives the city population of 5416o. If
the census figures show any less they'll
soon be forgotten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Christy Matthewson is going on the
stage. He won't be very popular with
mis- friends for any length of time if he
doesn't issue more passes to them
than he has to batsmen on opposing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
ganizafion for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received In The state Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole purt
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

''Pa, what's a jeu d. esprit7" something
that most people think they are saying
when they exclaim Judas Priest "-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

wherefore, my beloved brethren, let
every man be swift to hear. slow to speak,
SLOW to wrath. James I /: IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-05

cared for him. He made ANXIOUS IN.
quiry about his wife ard boy and VS.
Told they werc uniniured lAfer pa.
wife Was found dead Tie hoy -
"a, ally injured and was take 10 Han
ton. His right arm was torn from >
socket
Sohn , White Of Dayton hal hi. rsrh,
leg cut OF at the knee MheU INisf =
Police ". H. Dearth OF Midrletnwu a..
rived on the scene Whit. handei hfr
the leg. xgOp ia money and his vain
and chain, asking him 10 keep them %. ,.,
h. callei for them. lie was taxi. D.,
81. Elizabeth's Hospital. Dayton
Among the lead are 4 STANLEY ia.
rigtle Columbus. Ohio; Richard Van How
Dayton: Charles ". Moultrn Nour ?.
town; Mrs. Jessie Body, Dayton. nm
Lun King. Chinaman. Columbus: WILTON
DurleaVN. Dayton; Charles Y Gr..r
SrTinCiield. John ". Cooley, NcCutchsor
VILE; Frank Golden. Cincinnati. hraAert.r
on the passenger train: George Probe
Dayton. II A. Smith. Dayton. n p
Baker. Cincinnati: Miss Fay VI DauIa.
nirr. Plcassntville. and Ray r. Snyder,
DndOn