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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
FRON OTHER PENS
LOSS OF A GOOD NAME.

New England statisticians are lit
tie slow in discovering that Maine is no
longer entitled to be known as the Pine
Tree state. Twenty years ago the head
of the Maine Central railroad, when
asked where consumptive could take
refuge to get the full breath of the
pines, answered that no pines had been
left in Maine for long time previous
Spruce there still is in some abundance,
but it is fast falling before the axe Of
the lumbe- aan, just as fell the state
lier evergreens.
Now that the pines are gone the cry
is raised that they might have been
saved in large measure If in the early
days of the onslaught upon our re
sources any intelligent effort toward
conservation had been attempted.
Scientific forestry is steadfast to pro-
tect, but slow to rebuild, and the ma
jestic forests that gave Maine her fame
can be known no more. With the full
knowledge that a good name is rather
to be chosen than riches, Maine delib-
erately suffered the sacrifice Of the one
for the other.-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

forty-mile gale. Down went Uncle
Tom, and wn went Legree. The law
yer Marks was tossed aside like chip.
and George Harris received two black
eyes in one-two measure
1t TOOK Zeb Hastings just nine min
utes to tip over Uncle Toms cabin and
Uncle Tom and everybody connected
with it and bring about a. financial
oned to Mary White. She came over
and took his arm, and they left the hall
together. 1t was IL o'clock that night
when they drove UP to the farm house
The family was at the gate, and the
mother rushed forward with extended
arms to cry:
oh. Mary, how could you-how
could
Cut it outr' interrupted Zeb. Mary
and me was married before we lett
Schofeld, and there's been acting 'nun
for one dayp'-(Copyrighte 1870 by
Associated Literary Press).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[Fron the Philadelphia Record.1

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Never threaten to lick man unless
you know he thinks you can.
Somehow or other the fellow who
has money to burn hates to spend it for
coal.
The beauty about thirst for knowl-
hangover.
Even the man who rises in the world
would sometimes like to be let down
easy.
With the easy divorce laws it seems
as if matrimony was no longer a fight
to the finish.
The weather man is sometimes al
most as successful as the man who
prays for rain.
No, Maude. dear: it is quite impos-
sible to make your biscuits light by
setting fire to them.
1t is a comforting thought to every
man that he can always find some fell
low who is worse than he is
There is so much room for improve
n:ent in some people that they will
probably never be able to use it all
up.
The people who make up their minds
to boycott the meat trust are evidently
not going to beef about it.
Wiwwag-"I always hate to find my
self il hot water Guggler-"Oh. it
mt so bad If it has plenty of whisky
and sugar in it,
Life is full of trials said the Wise
Guy. YES" agreed the Simple Mug,
but they wouldn't be hard if we
could only render our own verdiCts."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

among many people in this country
who are intelligent enough to know
better. They believe that the sudden
appearance of this heavenly wanderer
portends disaster of some kind. Many
of the oldest Inhabitants shake their
heads as they remember that a comet
was visible from all parts of America
just before the great Civil war broke
out. And If any untoward event should
happen in the next year or SO these
folks will be sure to blame it on the
comet But there really are more i'm
portant and sensible things to worry
about these DAYS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
THE KANSAS DAY GLUE.

FROM d purely republican stand
point the mix-up at the annual meet
ing of the Kansas Day club on Sat
urday afternoon is a matter to be re-
GREETED. 1t demonstrated clearly that
harmony is to be a stranger in the
Republican ranks in Kansas until one
or the other side, the square dealers
or the regulars" is annihilated or
peace declared. 1t will be war to the
knife with these factions from now
on. and the smiles of satisfaction on
the faces of the Democrats will broad
en- accordingly.
Perhaps the meeting was packed"
by the regulars as the Square deal
ers'' charge, but the Square dealers
had the same privilege. If things had
gone to their liking in the reorganiza-
ton of the club and the dictation of
its policies for the coming year it is
no more than reasonable to assume
that they would have insisted that
such action was indicative of the feel
ings of the great mass of the Republi-
can voters of the state.
Inasmuch as things went against
them, though, and by an overwhelm-
ing majority, the square Dealers rely
on the assertions that they went up
against brace game and we're out
maneuvered. There is room for a diff
ference of opinion on this score. 1t
may be, as the square Dealers would
have it. that the various votes at the
Kansas Day club meeting did not rep
resent the true sentiments of a ma
jority of the Republican voters of the
state. But those votes certainly did
represent the sentiment of a large por-
ton of the Republican leaders and
workers of the state.
And it can be set down as a certainty
that a Republican leader or a worker
has short life ahead of him as such if
he is not in harmony with the people
among whom he labors. He should
know their inclinations on all political
questions and if he does not follow
them and represent them it means that
he has about decided to relinquish such
leadership as has been accorded him.
That, assuredly, is not the intent of
many of the Republican regulars who
attended the Kansas Day club festiv-
tiles. Most of them are in the political
arena to stay.
Regardless of the charges of the
meeting being packed" or any other
S&CuS0S that may D0 O10r6O, IL Is GER
tain that on the face of things the
men present were generally repre-
sentative of the Republican party of
Kansas, and the sentiments expressed
by them are significant of the fact
regular" Republicanism is anything
but on its last legs in the Sunf1ower
state.
The disposition manifested to en-
dorse heartily the administration of
President Taft without burdening
that endorsement with any acknow-
ledgment of the Stubs administra-
ton is significant, to say the least.
And at the banquet which followed
the rather riotous meeting of the club
it was also noticeable fact that ev-
erything said by Congressman McKin-
lay of California. who is a regular, -
was greeted with tumultuous acclaim
while the remarks of Congressman
Whedon of Nebraska who has "insur-
gent" leaning were given a decided
lack of attention on the part of the
banqueters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

That speech delivered by Uncle
Jimmie" Green, dean of the state uni
versity law school. before the state
bar association in which he pointed
out that any attempt of an executive
to enact a law either by edict or other
wise, in other words, to go beyond the
laws as they stand, is a clear and i'm
proper usurpation of power, will not
set very we'll with the insurgents"
and their friends. Even if such action
should be morally right, Mr.. Green
correctly contends that it is unjusti-
fable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[Frorh the Chicago News

IFrorh the Chicago News.1
And all the world laughs at lovers.
Most men who paint the town red
make the air blue.
A man of letters may be jealous il
his wife gets a few
Even real estate men occasionally
build caotles in the air.
Never judge a mans will power by
what the lawyers do to the estate he
leaves behind
When girls blush with embarrassment
they think it burning shame.
The mar VINO doesn't count the cost
is apt To feel cheap sooner or later
Some things may go without SAVING
put woman's tongue isn't in that
Class. "~
When financier begins by chloro-
forming his conscience. the rest is dead
What has become of the old-fasb;.,
ca slri who, when q love affair went
TrqnK pined away and died?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
KANSAS COMAENT
PUTTING IT OVER ENGLAND.

PUTTING IT OVER ENGLAND.
Some vital statistics pertaining to
the relative expense of living in Amer
lea and in Europe have been submit
ted to the public. The statistics are
not from someone who manufactured
the hgures. They are from George
Parish, an Englishman. editor of the
London Statist. free trade organ. Mr..
Parish who is thoroughly familiar with
the conditions of the workingman in
England, toured this country and in
vestigated the conditions of the same
class here Here are his statements:
Before leaving the states 1 was ask
ID to ascertain if it was a fact that the
wage earners of America were really
better off than wage earners of Eng
land, or whether the higher rate OF
wages Tin the United States) was not
entirely neutralized by the higher cost
of food, clothing and rent. l have made
a great many inquiries on this point
and have come to the conclusion that
the rate of wages in this country is
much higher in proportion than in
Great Britain after taking into account
the purchasing power of the wages, and
that after meeting all expenditures the
v age eerners here have a substantial
average sum to place in the savings
banks, or to use in the purchase of SUI
curitieS. houses, land. business, etc.
There can be no doubt that the saw
ings of the masses in the United States
I0dCllCS d large SUN III bllO o65iCSotS
and largely contributes to swell the
savings of the Union"
Do the figures of this man from
free trade country read like the Amerf-
can is getting any the worst of 1t even
at the increased cost of living which
has been talked of at this time? Do
the figures prove that American tariff
is inferior to English free trade? Evil
IDENTIFY not.
This is the greatest country in the
world in which to make money. 1t is
the best country in the world for the
working man. Italian workingmen In
this country sent 100.000.000 home to
their families in Italy in the year end
ing October 1. That much money went
to Italy alone through the banks from
the United States. Perhaps the same
amount went through the postal sys-
tenn. Foreigners are great patrons OF
the postal system as means or trans
ferring their money.
At any rate it means that IN spite or
the fact that the price of some produce
is up at present. the suffering in this
country is nothing compared to what
other countries suffer continually from
low wages and lack of work; poor pay
and no bank accounts.-Leavenwo
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

An indication of the extent to which
the artistic temperament pervades the
people of France is to be found in the
general rejoicing among them in this
hour of sore distress that the collec-
ton OF works of art in the Louvre
museum is safe from damage by the
flood. Much in this collection is price
less, to be sure. as works of art go,
but what are they, as a matter of fact,
in comparison with the sufferings of a
hundred thousand homeless people
who are getting on the verge of starva-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Time never forgets to collect its
toll.
= X X
Enough for some folks would be a
feast with others.
= x y
Men who are easily satisfied seldom
get along very far.
X X
Thoughts of what might have been
are poor things to deal in.
y x
The good blown by many i'll winds
is not of compensatory character.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

The candidacy of George H. Hodges,
state senator from Johnson county, for
the Democratic nomination for COVER
nor, ought to appeal strongly to all
the Democrats in the state. His serv-
ice in the upper branch of the state
legislature has proved his high quail
ties of craftsmanship. He has always
been found fighting for those reforms
of government which are worth while.
He is a most successful business man,
too, and has the respect and admira-
ton of all men who have had the
privilege of knowing him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
HUNOR OF THE DAY

How do yoah possum taste, suh?'' ask
sponded the patron who had ordered the
article, 1T tastes pretty good. but it isn't
AN dat's sign it's genuine. De genuine
possum is great -pretender. sun; vas.
sub. '-Philadelphia Ledger.
Brown has an idea that he can do
things that other people fail at us that
to keep a diary."-Detroit Free Press.
The hose wagon passed at a gallop and
then the hook-and-ladder truck Changed
along. Look at that man stealin' rider
exclaimed Uncle PJeb pointing to the till
erman.-Buffalo Express.
Nevertheless said the young Roman.
'he is an, ambitious poet. He would
piled his elder, he makes the mistake of
supposing that Bacchus is one of the
muses. catholic Standard.
Hank Stubbs-I see by the papers that
Madison Square Garden is to be done
city folks, sp'iiin' all outdoors fur the
sake NV gittin' up another buildin' .-Bos-
ton Herald.
Why do you call your engine Central
American Republic?" Because" answer
number of revolutions with a minimum
application of initial force,
Star
Madge-Did you tell him you didn't be-
lieve him when he told you that you were
the first girl he'd ever loved? Marjorie
another whopper. Said he was the first
man who had ever kissed me.-Judge.
Maria, I can't stand it any longer.
Where did you put my p1pe?'' ''Up in the
attic, john. behind the old trunk. along
there at the same time. You may as
well bring them both down. Chicago
Tribune.
st have just been reading that Lord
Byron was very clever boxer: :, There
do YOU think sop eff he could box WHY
did he waste his time writing poetry? pr
Chicago Record-Herald.
'syvho is that fellow who has been ad-
verusing for a chauffeur? The author
of Paddle Your Own Canoe cleveland
Leader.
Small Boy--Pa, what is an optimist? Pa
An optimist, my son. is a man who
doesn't care rap what happens that
it doesn't happen to him.-Tit-Bits.
Mapd-Do you believe belle in P2allnistry?
splendidly as starter when the young
man was shy.-Boston Transcript.
Blobbs-The suffragettes believe in the
Not at ali; they believe in the superiority
of woman.-Philadelphia Record.
Builder s Mdn-f11, RuV EOr, I0aI new
row of 'ouses in Maple Grove are all fallen
down like a pack O. cards. Builder
Idiot-Didn't 1 tell you not to take the
scaffolding down till you'd put the wall
papers up!-London Opinion.
Stude preparing for Junior week)-No
I don't want to learn any fancy dances;
I want something stable. like the two-step
Instructor-How about the barn dance?-
Cornell Widow.
The kind-hearted man had given the
panhandler a nickel. Haven't you got
anything smaller?'' asked the panhndler.
well, here's a dime; that's smaller"
answered the good-natured man, display
ing the coin for a moment and walking
away.-Buffalo Express.
eve dined at Mrs. Crankleighs last
night II suppose you had good din
ner?,' wei, we found out that Mrs.
society for boycotting all The high-priced
foodstuffs. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

Prices of meat have dropped two
and three cents a pound in several of
the localities in the country where or
ganized boycotts against meat eating
are being conducted. But this is of
no advantage to the boycotters. The
fellows who are not in on the boycott
are the only ones who are enjoying
the reduced prices. and the reductions
are not extensive enough to result in
any great saving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press

NEW PIeSS.I
A woman's mirror tells her the truth /;
she interprets it falsely.
Even a man with sense can prove he
hasn't any when he makes a speech
A married man brags more about it in
the first six months than all the rest of
his life.
A man can get reputation for most
anything if he haS enough money to prove
it.
There doesn't seem to be more than half
a dozen ways to make money. but a mill
lion to lose It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

King Edward of England appears to
be getting mighty particular in his old
age. By his order Lady Constance
Stewart Richardson, an expert at
dancing in bare feet. has been stricken
from all the court lists and she is now
persona non grata with the royalty of
Great Britain. Things weren't always
like this with Edward VII.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
Trolley Car Passing.

The successful test of the Edison
street car propelled by storage batteries
suggests wonderful possibilities of i'm
provement in the operation Of traction
lines. The great inventor is confident
that he has at last solved the problem
on which he has been working for SO
many years. He had as his guests on
the trial trips of the car a number of
expert electricians and practical trac-
ton managers. They were convinced
that the occasion marked the opening
of new era in street railroad opera
ton, though Mr.. Edison admitted
that only a beginning had been made.
Still his worldwide reputation as the
greatest Of utilitarian scientific discov-
erers will lead the public to believe
that the high hopes he expressed for
the future of his latest invention will
be realized
The complete success of this storage
battery will mean the disappearance
of the overhead trolley. Unsightly
poles and dangerous wires in connec-
things of the past. The threatening
third rail- on elevated structures,
in subways and in tunnels will be. elm
mated. The breakdown of machinery
in powerhouses will no longer be a
source of traffic blockading. The COM
fort, convenience and safety of pas
sengers will be insured as never before.
Furthermore. the operation of the
cars will not be so costly as now.
for the test showed that the car can
be run at an expense for current of not
more than a cent an hour.
So the travelling public and the street
car companies both have large inter-
est in wishing that the fondest
hopes of Mr.. Edison will be realized
in the near future. The wizard has
greatly improved living conditions in
hundreds Of ways as a result of his
researches, and has revolutionized
business methods. An invention that
will bring about all the beno its claim
ed for his new car, with its storage
batteries, will add more luster to his
fame-Newark News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
Fifty Years in Lighthouse.


They call Ida Lewis ''the Grace
ling saved only five lives, while Ida
Lewis has saved eighteen.
For f1fty-four years Ida Lewis has
lived in the lighthouse at Lime Rock,
Newport. and for more than forty
years she has herself. by act of con-
gress, been the keeper of the light.
Really, she has been the keeper ever
sine she was eighteen, for her mother,
who was her predecessor, became a
cripple after they had lived there for
three years, and the work fell on Ida.
Many years ago Governor Van
Zandt, of Rhode Island, told his
been trying to get the position of
lighthouse keeper for his friend, Cap
tain Lewis. When he called on Lewis
to report progress he used to see a
little, black-eyed, dark-haireds girl
playing about the house. After Lewis
had been appointed. the governor
said, he dropped in to visit the cap
tain occasionally, and again noticed
her, playing about the lighthouse, and
often amusing herself by rowing.
And then one day he learned that
this child, as he regarded her, had
rowed out into the harbor to rescue
four young men who were struggling
in the water by an overturned
boat, and had brought them safe to
land. Next he heard that this same
girl had rowed out into the teeth of
a blizzard to rescue a soldier; and so
she went on saving one life after an
other. Her first life was saved at the
was past sixty. And at sixty-nine she
is still in the lighthouse where she
has spent more than fifty years of
her life.-Ladies Home Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

Postal receipts in Topeka were never
so large as they were during the past
year. This won't be very pleasant
medicine for some of the rivals of the
capital city who are ever insisting that
the talk about Topeka experiencing a
healthy growth of large dimensions is
of the "hot air" variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

Live the largest, broadest life that
circumstances will permit. and let the
best elements of your life at school
characterize your life among men,"
was the gist of the advice which was
given by DR.. Sanders, president of
Washburn college, to the members of
the recent graduating class of the local
high school. It's fine advice, too. for
everyone to follow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

There is something decidedly wrong
with Karl Jorn, the famous German
tenor. He's altogether too generous
for a normal human being. Not only
does he give his wife up so that she
can marry another man with whom
she has fallen in love, but he also
gives her $25, 900 in cash and a $1,000
annuity until she is married again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
PREVENTING SUICIDES.

The recent announcement Of the
mayor of Pittsburg that he is tired OF
this Suicide business" and that he
will tack a stiff fine to those Offenders
who fail to do a good job in future
has attracted considerable attention
That, of course is about all it will do:
Fines do not add greatly to the joy OF
life, as useful as they are in restrain
ing disorderly conduct and plain
DRINKS At least the Joy of fines does
not come to those who pay them, so 1t
may be assumed that If the mayors
order has any effect on those who try
and fail it will be to teach them the
lesson of perseverance. to be applied to
a later effort. That it is against the
law to commit suicide, never has made
mucl difference. and never will. That
something can be done to prevent sui
eide, however. is seriously true. That
W hich adds to the general health Is
help in that direction; perhaps the
greatest And other things aside from
health which promote the general well
fare are also helpful. And finally, each
individual may, to a certain extent,
learn the Don't Worry lesson, and that
" ould discount all laws IN the matter.
-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

1t is to be hoped that no one will be
encouraged to continue or form the
habit of cigarette smoking because
that woman who died in Arizana the
other day at the age of 116 years was
an incessant user of cigarettes from
her tenth birthday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
CROwING COUNTRIEs.

. The census department of Carada es-
Inmates the present population of the
Dominion to be 7.350.000. The distribu-
ton by sections is. Maritime provinces,
1,O35112; Quebec, 2,0SS.46t; Ontario. 3
G19,025; western provinces, 1871, l64; I'M
organized territories. 5S,3oe.
1t is not surprising that Canada,
with her many resources p and her
healthful climate and varied opportun-
tiles for industrial wealth seekers,
should grow all the time. A sturdy
race which increases by the excess of
births over deaths is continually being
reinforced by immigration, and that OF
the best kind. The consuming power OF
the population of Canada, is very
large, and accounts for the heavy i'm
Iortati0ns of foreign goods and the ex-
cellent support given to home indus
tries
Argentina, with about a million less
population than Canada. is rapidly in
creasing in wealth. 1t is interesting to
see that the influx of immigrants into
this county from Spain continues, just
as it does in the case of Cuba and Ar
gentina. The ancient Iberian mother
land still breeds a sturdy race which
sends to former colonies.-Mexican Her
aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

agriculture which has done a great
deal Of work looking toward the ex-
tension of alfalfa culture. has just is
sued bulletin giving very interest
ing account of the origin and charac-
ter of these variegated alfalfas.