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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-09
BETTER WORK WISELY THAN WORK HARD" GREAT
EFFORTS ARE UNNECESSARY IN HOUSE CLEANING
YOU USE
SAPOl..AO

location. to wit:
Irving L. Ware. $500
Flora J. Wing, 1000
Frank G. Wright. eco
The above amount to be paid into the
town treasury i'm the following proper
tons. by the several parties for whose
convenience said road Is laid out:
Annette Spear to pay $500
Mary F., Colby to pay 100
Frank G. Wright to pay 500
And in our opinion no other person sus-
tanned any damages by reason of mid To-
cation. and If the persons to whom dam
ages are awarded are not owners of land
over which way Is located. then the own
awarded to the real owners. Said road
is to be used for the hauling Of mer-
chandise. hay. wood and lumber. to be
used only in the winter season when the,
ground is covered with snow that such,
hauling shall not break the soil.
Said way shall be subject to gates or
bars df desired) such as are easily NOV
". q. FULLER.
:suu1-, 4. s. s. c S5ihalLL'
Municipal officers OF West Gardiner
4 That at the annual town meeting
held March 7th. 1910 Ii was Voted to ac-
cept the private winter road as laid out
by the Selectmen February l6, 1910, for
the hauling Of merchandise. hay wood
or lumber, doubted but carried"
ID. 1910. notice of this appeal was filed
with A. D. Cole. Clerk Of the said Town
of West Gardiner.
WHEREFORE said Flora J. Wing. be-
ing aggrieved by the decision of said mu-
nicipal officers and said Inhabitants OF
said Town of West Gardiner. In annual
town meeting assembled. hereby appeals
10 this Honorable Court pursuant to the
statutes in such cases made and provided.
believing that common convenience and
necessity does not require that this par
ticular way be laid out. and for other
good and sufficient reasons to be brought
to your attention. and prays that your
Honors. after due notice to all parties
interested. will view and examine said
premises and hear such evidence as may
be pertinent to the issue and II satisfied
that said way Is not required by common
convenience and necessity or that some
other way will be less damaging, or that
all things have not been accomplished a5
provided by the law of our State. that
said decision may be reversed and that
said way may be declared vacntea
FLORA J. WING.
CHARLES G. KEENE /.
WILL G. ATKINS,
Solicitors for appellant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12


cause of it's geographical location, it has
many distinctive problems of its own
to solve and an organization of its
business and professional men to talk
these things over and work for the de-
veiopment of their immediate locality
would appear to be most necessary.
Not the least important aspect of this
rejuvenation of the Civic club is the
intention of its members to work in
harmony with the members OF the
Commercial club in the promotion of
all things that will be of value in the
development OF Topeka to proportions
commensurate with her many and great
advantages. This is the proper method
to pursue. And there cannot be too
many organizations of the sort of the
Civic club scattered throughout the city.
There is room for one of them in each
of its sections, each organization doing
its best to make it's immediate locality
better place to do business and live
in, and all Joining hands through the
central Commercial club on the big
undertakings that mean so much for
the advancement of the entire city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
THE CIVIC CIUB.

Another healthy sign that the people
Of every section of the city are awake
to the necessities of the hour and are
DESTROYS Of taking every possible adj
vantage of their many opportunities is
to be found in the news that a move
ment is on foot for the reorganization
and revivification of the Civic club of
North Topeka. That this organization
was ever permitted to die out is re-
grettable. Many things, however, do
not grow to their full caliber and use
fulness until they have gone through
the throes Of dissolution and are born
again. So perhaps it is all the better
Tor this association that it has had this
experience.
North Topeka is an important portion
of the capital of Kansas. Its inter
ests and the interests of the whole city
are one on most of the essentials of
municipal government and civic adj
vancement and prosperity. But be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
THE ALMIGHTY poLIAR.

The January American Magazine
contains an article or "Will Power,
Work and Wealth." by Henry Van
Dyke, which was the fourth of a series
of lectures on 1.-THE Spirit of America, -
delivered by Prof. Van Dyke, at the
Sorbonne, in Paris. In speaking of the
socalled spirit of the almighty Dol
lar" in America, Prof. Van Dyke
says:
1.-THE characteristic thing in the at
titude of the Americans toward money
is this: not that they adore the dollar,
but that they admire the energy of the
man who has made it. They consider
the multimillionaire much less as the
possessor of an enormous fortune,
than as the successful leader of great
enterprises in the world of affairs, a
master of the steel industry, the head
of great railway system, the develop
err of the production of mineral oil,
the organizer # large concerns which
promote general prosperity. He rep
resents to them achievement, force,
courage, tireless will power. 4 man
who is very rich merely by Inherit
ance, who has no manifest share in the
activities of the country, has quite a
different place in their attention. They
are entertained, or perhaps shocked,
by his expenditures, but they regard
him lightly. 1t is the man who does
things, and does them largely, in
whom they take a serious interest.
They are inclined, perhaps, to pardon
him for things that ought not to be
pardoned, because thev feel SO strong
ly the fascination of his potent will,
his practical efficiency. 1t is not the
might of the dollar that impresses
them, it is the might of the man who
wins the dollar rnagniffcently by the
development of American industry.
This, assure you, is the character
istic attitude Of the typical American
toward wealth. It does not confer a
social status hy itself in the United
States any more than it does in Eng
land or in France. But it commands
public attention by its relation to ma
tional will power
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
HYHAWKER JOTS

The Chase County Leader has ar
rived at the conclusion that the sugar
trust could have given its. sugar away
and still made money by the methods
it was pursuing.
Noting the fact that two Lawrence
youths have invented an airship, the
LeavenWorth Times casually remarks
that Lawrence has large and COM
petent force of undertakers.
Great excitement prevails in Strong
recently published the following:
There is a rumor in town that some
thing awful happened here recently"
By having a woman resident of the
town who is a cousin OF Leroy can
non, one of the young men executed by
Zelaya, Lawrence gets almost as near
the zenith of fame as the Earl Bull
lock episode brought it. Company Ii
of the Kansas National Guard station
ed at Lawrence may march upon Ze-
laya in behalf of the Lawrence woman
who claims kinship of the dead revo-
lutionist.-L Times.
Some advice that is just as good now
as it was then was offered by the
Atchison Champion on June IS. 1871,
as follows: keep out of debt, out OF
quarrels. out of damp clothes, out of
reach of liquors and out of doors all
you can in good weather, Enjoy if. you
can; be contented If you can't enjoy,
and be resigned. if you can't be con-
tented. Or, in other words, do what
you like, if you can't do that, like
what you do; if you can't do that,
make the best of il"
Few people actually have common
sense; probably not one in a hundred
notes the Atchison Globe, and it con-
tinues: "For a long time we thought
Charley Finch of the Lawrence Ga
zette was threatened with having COM
mon sense, he sees things so clearly.
and realizes so easily how foolish We
the people really are. But Mr.. Finch
occasionally gets off as badly as any
of us, and screams for foolish opin-
ion. We have caught Mr.. Finch in
three fool things lately; if we catch
him in another. We'll know the man is
foolish like the rest of u.s." =
A gentle reply from the Emporia
Gazette: "The Chanute Tribune re-
Gently referred to the Gazette as AN
editorial page paper implying that
other departments are considered of
secondary imp crtance, and sundry other
papers have made comments more or
less idiotie. The Gazette prints the As
ISOLATED Press report and all the local
news that can be dug up by corps of
Industrious reporters. Those papers
which are weak editorially. to the
point of insignificance, usually make
the excuse that they consider local
news the most important thing and.
as a rule, they are as flabby in that
department as they are editorially." -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among all the animals none is quite
so queer as man. unless it be woman.
4 x x
HopefulEess is a mighty fine thing but
untiring energy is far better.
x X -
The seasons between the iawnmower
and the snowshovel are getting all toe
short in this vicinity.
X X *
That suggestion that the longest way
round is the shortest way there is ex-
ceedingly fallacious.
X X
: It's safe to conjecture that many per-
sons who started to- keep a diary at
the, beginning of the New Year have
already turned their exertions in other
directions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia RECORD

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Many a man goes up in the air
without any knowledge of aviation.
Don't wait till it rains to buy an
umbrella. They are always ur then
Cloudy skies always threaten a rain
of terror to the woman with new
hat.
Many a man is so eager to come
out on top that he has to start his
own fight.
Money has a queer habit of leaving
us about ten times as fast as it is left
to US.
If all the angels are women. a
Manayunk spinster wants to know
why it's called heaven.
When YOU meet q woman who is a.
philosopher it's nine chances out of
ten she wishes she had been born a
man.
Wigwag-What, rosesi Don't you
know a girl never marries the fellow
who sends her flowers? Oldbach-
Sure, do. That's why I always try
to keep on the safe side.
First Goat-What's the matter.
Billy? You look tired. Second Goat
II feel tired. I've Just finished eat
ing all those round rubber things of
the wheels of that automobile.
"Do you think it's unIucky to get
married on F'riday?" asked the Phfla-
delphia woman. rive never found 1t
So" replied the Chicago matron, land
most of my marriages have been on
Friday"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
KANSAS FARA1ERs IN Session.

Topeka, the convention city of Kan
sas and the meeting place of the vari-
Gus state associations which mean SO
much for the development Of the
commonwealth, is particularly hon
ored this week by being the scene of
the annual assemblages of the Kan
sas Improved Stock Breeders asso-
citation, the Kansas Improved Swine
Breeders association, the Red Poll
club and the State Board of Agricul-
ture.
Although these meetings are being
held in the capital city, they are OF
distinguishing importance to the en-
tire state. 1t is unnecessary to dilate
here on the fact that Kansas is pre-
eminently an agricultural state whose
accomplishments have been wonder
| full. Rather is it the more glorious
possibilities of the Sunflower state in
agricultural pursuits that should de-
mand the attention. And it is such
meetings as the ones named that point
out the way to them.
Regardless of what Kansas has done
in the growing of crops. the raising of
cattle and Of swine. she can do bet
ter. There is room for improvement
L
matters would be at a pretty pass. And
the time to work for better results in
all departments of agriculture is now.
The future must be prepared against
Economists of nationwide repute
are calling attention these days to the
/ fact that the time is not in the dis
tant future when the crop outputs of
this country Will not be large enough
| to supply the home demand unless,
of course, there is material increased
activity in crop production. If such
condition of affairs is permitted to
develop the high cost of living of to-
| day will be paltry as to what it Will
be in the future.
Kansas has the opportunity to do
her part in warding off such an evil
hour. Her farmers and her stock
breeders are the individuals on whom
will fall the burden. 1t should be
willingly borne by them. Increased
crop yields, increased cattle and swine
raising will be of as much pecuniary
advantage to them as they will be of
benefit to the public in general The
wheat yield of Kansas per acre ought
to be doubled. Engiand's average
wheat yield per acre is 80 bushels. Is
there any reason why that of Kansas
should not be as large if the proper
| efforts are made to attain it? Among
such efforts none is more essential
than more attention to cattle raising.
If the farmers throughout the state
would generally extend their activities
in the raising of cattle and swine they
would soon be in a Position to enrich
their fields SO that their harvests of
grain, of hay, of corn, would be in
creased many fold. This is the adj
vice of expert agriculturists. Its
force is to be found in its reasonable
ness. And advantage should be taken
of 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.1


The gentleman never spends much
time in announcing that he is a gem
tleman.
1t would be nice if a live man could
have as many friends as every dead
man has.
Occasionally, a boy goes to college,
and seems to learn nothing more than
not to work.
The man who talks so much his
cigar is always going out. might as
well quit smoking.
A boys idea of a worthless dog is
one which received its training at the
hands of a woman.
A woman's idea of extravaganza is
to buy a dollars worth of postage
stamps at one time.
A boys curiosity is aroused by re-
frigerator, the same as girls is
aroused by bureau drawers.
The difficulty of applying neatness
to the process of chewing tobacco
probably never will be overcome.
We never get much excited when
an actor sings of the great virtue of
Americans; actors brag good deal.
We are not greatly impressed with
the wisdom of statesmen. None Of
them seems to know how to reduce
taxes.
One of the most expensive habits a
man can get into is the, habit of not
being a gentleman. And it is habit
easily acquired.
Some men are crazy to leave a lot
of money to their children, while 9TH
er men say: Let my children hustle
for themselves, as 1 did,
CAS- my principal resolution for the
new year. I resolved to quit being a
fool. But I have beer one SO long,
can't quit. BEN Davis.
A plumber doesn't expect the gen
eral run of people to know how to
plumb, but how an Artist will abuse
people for not knowing all about Arti
Having remarked what a -profit DR..
Cook made on his nerve, you may well
wonder if there isn't some delay in
the time when the meek shall inherit
the earth.
When a man has trouble with his
stomach, it is due to one of two
causes: Either his wife is such good
cook she is stuffing him, or she is
such a poor cook she is starving him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I


Most of our budding geniuses get
nipped in the bud.
solitaire is one OF the few games
that two can not play.
A man isn't always cheerful when
he does a lot of cheering.
No man is a coward who has been
married more than once.
It doesn't take much work to con-
vince a man that he needs rest
You might DO worse than exagger-
ate the goodness of your friends.
A girl who fiirts is like counter
felt coin-she never gets the true
ring.
If people didn't deceive themselves
occasionally they would miss iot OF
fun.
The man who gives his business
proper attention has but little time TOT
side issues.
Just because there are sermons IN
stones 1t doesn't necessarily ioho"
there are "rocks" In preaching
The man who tries to buy his way
into heaven may discover later thar
he gave up money to an unauthorizee
representative.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
KANSAS COMNENT
CAUGHT BY A NEGRO.

CAUGHT BY A NEGRO.
Wnen you white men read of the
hendish crime of two Kansas City
negroes, and your blood boils with in
dignation, and resentment rises not
only against the two wicked brutes.
put possibly against negroes as a class,
bear this fact in mind:
II was negro policeman who ar
rested the two criminals.
Just as soon as the crime was report
ca, The Kansas City police selected one
or IT'S negro officers, and delegated him
10 run down the guilty parties. This
negro policeman, on account of his
race. was able to pick up clues and
nave obtained. The result was that
WITHIN a comparatively few hours. he
nad the two men in Jail, they
NAG peen Identified, and had confessed.
because certain individuals of the
negro race are guilty of crimes of un-
tod depray1ty, white people would be-
ware OF condemning the negro as
race Inere are scores and hundreds
OF decent, self-respecting, law-abiding
negroes TO every one negro crook and
criminal The negro is making a brave
fight, up from slavery There should
oe the most severe and speedy punish
ment for the horrible crime-. but peo-
PIE should by no. means get the idea
lnaI the vast majority of the negro
race is In sympathy with such atroci-
ties, or would lag one bit behind in
eIIorts to punish negro perpetrators Of
outrage as is deserved.-Salina Journal
o As
REPUBLISH A GOOD BOOK.
The Real ISSUE" the first book of
stories written by William Allen White
and published by the Macmillan COM
Pany, mas been republiShed and is again
On sale at the book stores. Many Kan
sans have read these Kansas tales and
many people, not Kansans, have also
hI1f IA sfn hou
not lost their Compelling interest. The
wonderful success of "a Certain Rich
Man." Mr.. Whites latest book prob
ably created the demand for the re-
publishing of the first book. "The Real
Issue" contains the Regeneration of
Colonel Hucks,' one of the best short
stories ever written. 1t was this story
which was used by the Republican COM
m1ttee years ago during state cam
paign. It also contains the story of
the King of BoyviIle.''
In view of the fact that Mr.. White
is much better known author than
when 1.-THE Real issue was first pub
lished, it is believed the book will have
the large sale it deserves.-Wichita
Eagle.
DON'T MOURN THE BUFFALO.
We hear of distress in some quar-
ters over the disappearance of the buff
falo. but when we consider that i'm
browsing On the plains once inhabited
by these animals and that one Jersey
COW is worth dozen buffaloes, there
is but little cause for grief. Domestic
cattle are much better and filter to
survive than the bison Of the plains
1t is the mission of man in life to weed
out inferiority. to see that only the
fttest survive and sooner or later he
will apply this benign natural law even
to his own race. There is not a field
but has noxious weeds that should be
extirpated in order that corn, wheat
and fruits may grow in their stead.
Wolves, coyotes and dogs must be
killed for they are beasts of prey and
Eve only through the destruction of
docks of useful herbiverous animals
Parsons Eclipse. s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
ONLY A ToILER.

He's nothing but toiler.
No banners proudly fly
From windows high above The street
When he goes trudging by:
No medal CLEANS upon MS breast,
No hats wave in the air.
No eager people line the way
10 crowd and crush and push and sway
Because he passes there.
No happy mother brings her son
To press him by the hand,
And few men when his work is done
Will call him great or grand;
No splendid roster bears his NAME
He is not one of those
Who merit praise or win applause
Or gain deserved renoWn because
They fight their country's foes.
He's nothing but toiler.
His hopeless face Is wan
And from his weary, wasted arms
The strength is nearly gone;
For helpless little ones he strives
Unflinchfng day by day
Amid destructive fumes that rise
To lure the luster from his eyes
And eat his life away.
There is no shouting in the street,
No bugle's thrilling blare;
He trudges past with aching feet
To do his best somewhere;
He fights disease and faces death,
But no proud steed is his:
He wears no trappingS made or brass;
Therefore who turns to watch him pass
or cares how brave he is?
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12

AS was to have been expected there
has been something of a lull in the
business world after the record break
ing holiday trade. But there is an op-
timistic undertone in all trade circles,
according to the commercial and fnan-
cial reviews for the past week, and
there are good reasons for them. The
present wave OF prosperity which has
been rolling over the country Is built
on solid foundations and is of the sub
stantial sort that is here to stay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12

In telling the sheriff of Crawford
county that the militia would be called
out if necessary to suppress the illegal
traficking in liquors in that commune
ty. Governor Stubs has taken a stand
that will receive nothing but deserved
applause from the great majority of
the people of the state. There is no
good reason why the prohibitory law
should be enforced in most of the
sections of the state and not in all OF
them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12

Through vivisection the expert scien-
lists at work in the Rockefeller Insti-
tute for Medical Research have liseov-
cred a serum which is eficacious in
the treatment of that terrible disease
of childhood. spina. meningitis. The
use of this serum has reduced the
death rate among those afflicted with
the disease from so yer cent to 10 per
cent or less. And yer there are many
people of reputed intelligence who
spend their money and their energy in
carrying on a crusade against vivisec-
zion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12

took gold clock of the table by the
girls bed. Then me and my pal went
to a house farther down the street. I
mad the clock under my arm. 1 set it
down on table when off went an
alarm like a cannon. heard some one
IN the next room get out of bed in
hurry and got out the window
A policeman listening to the recital.
looked puzzled and then incredulous.
He's lying he thought. "She said
her clock wasn't stolen, and I saw n
there myself ''-(Copyrighted 1910. bv
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12

James Garfield. who was secretary
OF the interior in the Roosevelt cabi-
net, and also a member in high stand
ing with Mr.. Pinchot in the famous
"tennis cabinet" remarks that Mr..
Pinchot's retirement from public serv-
ice is great national loss because he
was the most active exponent of the
Roosevelt policies. Presumably, Mr..
Garfield has not read President Taft's
special message to congress. or maybe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12

he considers the conservation of the
national resources as the only Roose-
Welt policy worth paying attention to.
AS a matter of fact. though. Mr.. Taft
is quite as strong for the conservation
program as was Mr.. Roosevelt, as his
special message on this subject which
is yet to go to congress will urdoubt-
ed1v show