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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
QUAKER s1ED1rAT1oNs.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Contentment is merely an ability to
make what we get fit our desires.
Fame and fortune don't amount to
much unless man has a good liver
Scientists claim that dioease can he
communicated by hand-shakinr: thew
must mean the grin.
1t requires a great deal of tact 70
know Just when to laugh when a
woman is telling a funny story
The hardest thing IL. the world for
a woman to Understand Is why a man
doesn't fall in love with her.
The philosopher who said there
could be no smoke without fire evident
Iy never had any experience with a
modern furnace.
Consistency is jewel" quoted The
Wise Guy. with which beauty is
generally cortent to be unadorned -
added the Simple Mug.
Love must. indeed, be blind, savs
the Cynical Bachelor, when a. MAJ,
two people think as much NJ $500
other as they do of themselves ''
Wigg-"Queer thing about a.
Snltns. Mr. Smith never garabies ana
Mrs. smith is a regular poker fiend :.
" The Dettor half, Ell %
Tommys Mother-sfXTh,- a,o,,..
a good boy. like Willie Riones 81 you
HUH It's easy enough for bir.
TO De good; he's sick most of the tin rl.'5 "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.

Kansas is we'll in the lead in the
great movement OF interesting the boys
and girls of the country in the study
at home of agriculture and domestic
science, says an instructive article in
The Industrialist, the valuable weekly
paper published by the Kansas State
Agricultural college. To further pro-
mote an interest in this great move
ment of home education. The Indus
trialist continues. the college extern
sion department of the Agricultural
college carries on each year a num-
Der of boys and girls contests in con-
nection with its institute work. For
the boys there are corn contests, gar
den contests, potato contests, etc. For
the girls are contests in bread making.
fruit canning. jelly making and for
sewing and needle work.
The county school superintendent
are showing an unusual amount of in
terest in the work, and it is we'll they
do. for it is a branch of education
worthy of recognition. Many of the
superintendent are contest secre-
taries,' and through the aid of the
force of teachers under them are en-
rolling a large percentage of students.
Already in Linn county so many boys
ana SlllS are eUTOlleQ LOT the 191u con-
tests that the local Institutes are con-
siderably bothered al to where to To-
cate enough prizes. In one district in
Ottawa county every boy and girl be-
tween the ages of 10 and u are en-
rolled.
In the corn contest the contestants
are divided into three classes in order
to give boys of different ages and boys
of different training in corn breeding
an even chance. For the younger boys
10 to Is years, cash prizes are gener-
ally given for the ten best ears of corn,
but in the Is to 21 class a trip to the
state farmers institute at Manhattan
in December. Generally most of the
institutes get some pubEc-spirited men
to send boys to this big annual state
institute as a prize for the winner. In
some places the commercial club sends
several, as is the case at junction City.
The commercial club at that place
has for the last three years sent from
IL to 90 boys to the December meeting
each year. In one county there are
eleven banks and three years ago each
bank sent boy to the institute as
prize for his winning in the county
contest.
Contests in bread making, fruit can
ming and jelly making are offered for
the girls who are inclined towards
cookery. and contest IN sewing, plain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Generally. when a man borrows
money he also borroWs trouble.
y =
The money that'll soon be saved on
gas bills will go for ice.
x = X
A bird in the hand may be worth
two on the roof but it is often more
annoying.
y ::
Because everybody is looking for
just little the best Of it that's why SO
many get the worst of it.
y X X
Ask the clerks in the stores and
they will tell you that some men are
fussier than women when 1t comes to
buying things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

or fancy. for those who excel in needle
work. The contestants are divided into
two classes-1O to A years and IA to
20. In many cases winners of the
county contests are sent to the state
institute at Manhattan, where they can
enroll in domestic science work for a
week. Last year there were 5000 boys
and girls enrolled in these contests
Special bulletins have been prepared
for distribution, and these boys and
girls are also supplied with govern
ment bulletins along the lines of the
contest in which they are enrolled. A
special number of Agricultural Educa-
ton is now being sent out and will be
sent to anyone on application.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
LONGER TERMS OF OFFICE.


One of the important political move
n1ents of the present day which is at
tracing favorable attention all over
the country aims at revision of the
system of state and local. governments
whereby there will be fewer officers
| elected by the people. 1t is popularity
referred to as the short ballot cam
paign, and it has much to recommend
| il. Particularly would such a plan
have tendency TO make the meth
| DDS of government much more effec-
| tive. Under present conditions in
most states and their lesser divisions,
so many of the administrative officers
are chosen by the people that author
ity and power to accomplish needed
things is divided in such a way that
really nothing very much can be or is
done.
It might not be bad idea, either,
to tack onto this campaign a move
ment for the frightening of the terms
of many of the offices. especially those
offices of purely county or more local
scope. Under present conditions the
general terms of such offices are of
two years extent The practice is also
general to give men who are elected
to such offices second term, if they
prove to be worthy public servants
and the occasions are exceedingly
rare, in these parts anyhow, where
second terms are denied to such Of
flee holders.
This being the case why wouldn't it
be a good plan to make the original
terms of such offices for four years
instead of two. and denying to the
man elected for such a term the right
to be a candidate for that office again
until at least one term had interviewed.
There are exceptions however, in
which the tenure of office should
not have these limitations. BY
lodging in the hands of the gov
ernor of the state the power to re-
move any such officers for cause, the
interests of the public would be safe
guarded in an entirely satisfactory
manner from any officeholder who
might become lax in his duties
through a. belief that he was secure in
his office for quite a continued period
no matter how he conducted himself.
The particular advantage of such a
plan would be to decrease the num-
Der of local elections. That would,
indeed, be a Godsend to the people.
They are now surfeited with local
politics from one years end to an
other. The local political pot is kept
boiling continually. No sooner, al
most, has a local election been held,
than candidates begin to announce
themselves to succeed the men who
have been chosen for office. This
practice has become little more than
a plague to the rank and file of a
community who are interested in
politics only to the extent of voting
for the best possible men for office
on primary and election days. Then, |
too, the men who are elected to office. |
If it is what might be called a first |
term year, are kept busy maintaining |
their political fences in repair so that a |
denomination and second term will |
come their way. This attracts atten- |
ton from their work and no doubt |
impairs it's effectiveness. With longer |
terms of office, though, most all of |
these nuisances would be done away |
with.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
PRO MORTUIs.

What should man desire to leave?
A flawless work: a noble Life;
Some music harmoniz'd from strife,
Some finished things ere the slack hands
at eve
Drop, should be his to leave.
One gem Of song, defying age;
A hard-won fight; a weli-work'd farm;
A law no guile can twist to harm;
some tale as our lost Thackeray's bright
or sage
AS the just Italians page
Or. in life's homeliest, meanest spot,
With temperature step from year to
year
To move within his little sphere,
Leaving pure name to be known or
not
This is true mans lot.
F. T. Pasgraye in the Baltimore Amer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

stitution relating to the enfranchise-
ment of the negroes ought 10 be de-
elared null and void. According to
his Investigations neither Of these
amendments were passed by congress
in a proper fashion nor were they rat
flied by the requisite number of states.
He would have the matter checked up
to the supreme court of the United
States for adjudication This would
appear to be pretty late date for the
raising of such-a momentous question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

So John Dawson. former assistant
to Fred Jackson, the states attorney
general. former private secretary of
Governor Stubs, at present attorney
to the state board of railroad commits
sioners and prospective candidate for
the next Republican nomination for
the state attorney generalship, is to
be cast aside by his former pals. the
Square Dealers" A dissertation from
Brother Dawson on his ideas as to
just what constitutes q square dear'
would be interesting and no doubt IL
Illuminating. as Well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

II Mr.. Peary's proofs that he dis
covered the North Pole are his own
personal property. which even the
congress of the United States has not
the right TO look upon, he certainly
ought to reimburse the government
for all the wages he has drawn from
the public treasury during the years
that he has been engaged exclusively
in furthering his own personal inter-
ests by striving to reach the North
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

TFrom the New York Press.
It's a hot passion that gets no show
er baths
The way to make the furnace burn
best is to pick out warm day to do
it.
What makes a woman so devoted
to her husband is he hardly ever de-
serves it.
No matter how busy a man is he
can always find time to stop and tell
you all about it.
The only cure for a mans fondness
for his. club is for his family to be
willing to have him go there as much
as he wants to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Philander c. Knox. jr., the 20-year-
old son of the secretary of state, who
has shocked his parents by marrying
shop girl. is an unusual youngster
for one in his station of life. He ac-
tually says he will so to work and
support his wife if that should be nee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Any number OF frevolous and I'M
important matters are carried to the
courts but a suit which was started
recently in a Brooklyn court cannot
be placed in that category. 1t con-
Germs the ownership of one hens egg.
II Solomon were only on the bench
which is bordering over the merits OF
this case he would probably order the
egg scrambled and then divided up in
equal parts among the contesting
parfiee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Wasn't that rather rubbing it in on
Henry J. Allen, editor of the Wichita
Beacon for the members of Kansas
state Editorial association. in conven-
ton assembled in his home town, to
pass resolutions endorsing President
Taft and the present federal admins
tration? Mr.. Allen, it will be remem-
bered, has stated repeatedly that Kan
sas is against Taft from a to lizard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
HVNOR or THE DAY

ped Hsy therei ..y eIisd the notcEman to
tective and needed not the e'' veil AWAY
down deep in his heart he know that he
had never been on the track.-Chicago
What is animal spirit. pap That
see blue monkeys and pink elepha nts ~
Boston Transcript
chased by one" 'What did Won dos
Got up and lit the gas"~PittsbuTg
The whale gave up Jonah. Owing 10
it e expiained hFfn erewi fhnt AFFORD meat
fish.-New York Sun.
Il suppose some of your public address,
es are matters OF Inspiration Not so
much matters OF Inspiration" replied
Senator Sorghum, .'as of respiration -
washington Star.
80 The T. paper states that eggs have gone
I read it wrong. It's 81 a crate.|-C.ieve-
land Plain Dealer.
''Since her husband has made a fortune
she doesn't seem to be the same woman
'I know it. She always says has got
ten ow."-Chicago Record-Herlld.
The Neighbor-Have you learned that
new piece OF music yet? The Other
Neighbor-Not quite. but I've been trying
all morning The Neighbor-Indeed you
have-very Leader.
Jack-She asked me what color hair
1 liked best. Estelle-That's Just like
Maud; she's always so anxious to
please.-Boston Transcript
Mr.. Talkalot-All men are born equal
Uncle Erh, but the trouble is they
don't stay that way. Uncle Eph-Da's
right. sub, da's right. Some OF 'em gifts
to be a pow'ful sight equaler dan de
odders.-Philadelphia Record.
Nater-What has become of Emma
Tynenotter since she married? Tellers
Why. she and her husband have gone
to light housekeeping somewhere In
Arizona. Naters-Is that so? 1 didn't
know there were any light houses in
Arizona.-Chicago News.
At the Servants Ball.-"And your
mistress is sitting up till you get
homer ''She must. My dress fastens
down the back. "-Meggendorfer Blaet-
ter.
docs your wife object to you play
ing poker?" Yes, until promise 10
buy her a new dress with my win
nings. Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Probably, it is safe to assert that all
government. jobs are not attractive. Dc
cupying a prominent place IN this class
are undoubtedly those inspectorships
whose incumbents have to nose around
canned eggs to determine If they are
fit for The market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

AS was to have been expected with
the installation of the new might let
ter" rates by the telegraph companies,
their business has been considerably
AUGMENTED with kisses by wire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Experts in feminine fashion declare
that wo1nen's hats for the approaching
season are t. be larger in size and
considerably higher in price. Thus will
the high cost of living. or rather the
cost of high living be augmented fur
Their with most families.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Predictions are being freely made
in Washington these days that the
Baliinger-Pinchot investigating COM
Inittee will make a report favorable
to Mr.. Ballinger, and of course. such
q report will be termed a white
wash" in various quarters. But, then.
it is pretty difficult to paint a man
black when no black has been pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

This is also the season of the year
when the preliminary crop of mad
dog scares begins to develop. A dog
with crouch on and the thoughts of
approaching summer are all that is
needed to occasion such q scare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
po9e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

An illinois clergyman has resigned
his pulpit to accept a position as a
baseball umpire. This is something
like jumping out of the frying pan in
10 the ire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

It begins to look as though the far
famed $40 hog is going to be robbed
of his notoriety by his brethren of the
81 VARIETY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

In making wry faces over a change
in the weather for the worse it would
be well for folks to remember that
spring hasn't arrived as yet accord
ing to the calendar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

The prosperity of the farmers of the
nation is again evidenced by the fact
that they have almost a quarter of
last years wheat crop still in their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Representative Sission OF Missis
sipp. mas an. idea that the 14th and
18th amendments to the federal con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
DOMESTIC LIFE AND MENTAL
DISORDERS


On the same day that one OF the
bachelor girls who write for newspa-
pers declared that those who would
restrict women more generally to do
,nestic occupations and surroundings
ought not to forget that the by far
largest percentage of inmates of our
insane asyluTcs come from the ranks
of those women relegated to hoIse-
keeping exclusively q very different
opinion was expressed by Prof. Max G.
Schlapp, of New York He declared
that women are largely to blame for
the increase in the number of suicides
and insane persons in recent years,
because they have pushed out into the
various industries of a nondomestic
character.
The New York professors guess may
OF may not be good. but it is certain
that the bachelor girls appeal to sta
tistics will not stand analysis. 1t seems
to be based on forgetfulness of the
fact that many more women give their
time and labor to Housekeeping than
the whole host of their sisters who fol-
low other vocations. Naturally. most
of the victims of insanity, or any other
disease of general distribution through;
the world. come from the class which
contains the majority of all the woTnef;
in the country.-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11
FROM OTHER PENS
CONCERNING THE AGE LIMIT.

CONCERNING THE AGE LIMIT.
Chief Justice Fuller. of the United
States Supreme Court, who recently at
tanned the ripe age of n years, is in
the ewenty-second year of his service
on the bench of that tribunal Only
two of his predecessors exceeded him
in this respect-John Marshall and
Roger B. fancy. Notwithstanding his
years, the chief justice is in the full
of mental and physical health and
Vigor.
With such an example before him,
it is not wonderful that the President
felt justified in appointing Horance H.
Lurton to the Supreme Bench, not
withStanding the fact that he has ceased
to be a stripping. The number of
years at which a man may be definitely
set down as old depends very largely
on the man. To a certain extent, also,
they depend upon the point of view
of other men.
William dc Morgan, an English
man, who wrote his first novel five
years ago, at the age of IS, and scored
a success, has just published a fourth,
which, like its forerunners, is doing
well. Count Zeppelin was "a when he
turned his attention to aeronautics.
He is now past 20, but has not yet
exhausted the fire once supposed to
belong only to comparative youth
The ''age limit is a Pigment. There
is really no reason for anybody to
give up the game of life till he really
must.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Since her husband has made a fortune
she doesn't seem to be the same woman
she was"
IT know it. She always says has got
ten now. Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Jack-She asked me what color hair
liked best. Estelle-That's Just like
Maud; she's always so anxious to
please.-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

THE paper states that eggs have gone
up 81 a carat" "A can at?'' oh psiawi
I read it wrong. It's 81 a crate."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

The Neighbor-Have you learned that
new piece of music yet? The Other
Neighbor-Not quite. but I've been trying;
all morning. The Neighbor-Indeed you
have-very !-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

suppose some of your public address,
es are matters of Inspiration Not 50
much matters OF inspiration" ..esofia,i
Senator Sorghum, "as OF respiration
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Mr.. Talkalot-All men are born equal.
Uncle E7h, but the trouble Is they
don't stay that way. Uncle Eph-Dass
right. sub, da's right. Some OF 'en gifts
to be a pow'ful sight equaler dan de
odders.-PhiIadelphi Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Nater-What has become of Emma
Tynenotter since she married? Tellers
Why. she and her husband have gone
to light housekeeping somewhere in
Arizona. Naters-Is that so? 1 didn't
know there were any light houses in
Arizona.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

The whale gave up Jonah. Owing 10
the cost Of living 1 can't afford meat -
It explained. Herewith it returned to
fish.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Ever see a sea serpent7'' IT was
chased by one What did YOU do7
Got up and lit the gas"-Pittsburg
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11


1t is something to be able to say
that your father financed a nation
throughout a war. Mrs. Shunzo Ia
kaki, who recently arrived here with
her husband, is the daughter of the
head of Mitsui & Co., the world IA
nous banking company. 1t was Mr..
Mitsui who supplied Japan with the
sinews of war in the struggle with
Russia. Mrs Takaki who was Tat
suo Mitsui before her marriage, is the
richest woman in the F'lowery King
dom. Her husband comes here to
assume a position of Importance in
the New York branch of the great
banking firm. So the happy couple
are here to live. Mrs Takal<i, al
though educated in Japan, speaks ex-
cellent English and is we'll acquainted
with American customs. Her husband
is a graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania. and resided in the
United States for more than five years.
He was graduated from Penn last
June. He returned to Japan and mar
ried the love of his boyhood days.
Just now they are travelling across
the United States on their honeymoon.
Soon they'll return to New York and
settle down in a coy flat, where
steam heat will substitute the tonic
rays of the Eastern sun.-Leslies
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

What is animal spirit pap THAT
sort of spirits, my son, that make Won
Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

Hey. therei' yelled the rnotornan to a
pedestrian. Get off the track But lie
E ien,eS10 IN vain. The pedestrian was a de-
IgectlVe and needed not the yell. Away
down deep in his heart he know that he
had never been on the track.-Chicago