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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
RAISING MONEY IN HOME TOWN

An interesting discussion of the ad-
visibility as we'll as of the possibility
of enlistinc the services of home CAPT.
tai in the promotion of enterprises is
to be found in the Worlds Work for
March. 1t is, in part, as follows:
Nine men out of ten who try to start
new inc stry, or build a new electric
railway, or install a new electric light
system in the town begin with the
idea that the money must be raised
outside. They figure on paying as high
as 10 per cent for the cash, but they
care little about that. On the other
hand. nine out of ten successful en-
terprises. either manufacturing, COM
mercial or public utility. are started
with home money. The man who I'M
dertakes to begin a new enterprise
should be a man who can command or
borrow or beg from his own friends
and acquaintance enough money to
lay a solid foundation under the new
venture.
The tin plate industry in this coun-
try began with a little group of friends
around Richmond, Ind; the first ven
ture was a failure. but it did not dis
rupt the group Mr.. D. G. Reid was
the center Of it. The Great North
ern railway was founded on money
put in by half a dozen friends, and not
on money borrowed from strangers on
securities The biscuit industry of this
country began in the same way. An
stIletlySlS OF nine out Oh ten Oh The IN
dustries of the country would reveal
that the starting point was personal
association.
A local trolley system may be taken
as a subject for the raising of money.
A man living in town of six thou
sand people gets it into his head that
the town needs q transportation sys-
tenn. He figures out, roughly how
much rail would have to be laid as a
starter. He gets few ideas as to the
cost of mower the traffic that would
be available at the start, and few
other main factors. Then arises the
question of money. If he be a man
of ample means, it may be that he can
put up enough cash himself to build
the initial line. Then the main prob
go about the enterprise in this way.
Most of them turn elsewhere for
capital.
The simplicity of the affair depends
on the man from this point onward.
If he knows quite well all the leading
citizens. he can 90 to them off-hand
and put the proposition before them.
Naturally he will start with the lead
ing capitalists of the town. The bank
presidents will come next. 1t is in the
the community, that success or failure
begins. Usually. in every city, there
are two or three men of capital who
lead all enterprise. If one of them can
be enlisted in the undertaking, the
rest of the town, speaking generally,
will follow. These local magnates are
exceedingly difficult to handle. Unless
the promoter knows them personally
and they know and admire his ability,
the quest is practically sure to be a
even this obstacle.
And a man must have real honest
enthusiasm if he is going to raise
money at home 1t is all right to go
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
HUNOR or THE DAY

Doctor, how do you account for the ex-
istence of rheumatism?'' ''The mind, my
dear sir, evolved the disease to fit the
word.'-Chicago Tribune.
She's going on the stage" els that
soE She can't sing, and I never saw her
act Il knew. but that's all she can do
never learned to work at anything before
she married. Detroit Free Press.
Il notice lots Of college boys around
town. Yes; the midwinter vacation is
on Seems to me these midwinter va
cations must interfere seriously with a
boys college work" Not at all. Tho
football season is over and it's too early
for track work. Courier-Jour-
nal
A man ought to be a good mechanic in
order to get satisfactory results from an
automobile" Yes" answered Mr.. Chug-
gins. but it's still better to be good
financier. "-Washington Star.
Sir you are are, the biggest scounarel that ,.
Bon Vivant.
Poets Wife-My husband read this poem
at a public celebration before thousands
of people. Alasi it was the last poem he
ever wrote. Publisher-I see. Did they
lynch him or shoot him ?-Leslie's Week
ly.
Visitor-It must be a gigantic task to
Not at all. It's the easiest thing in the
world. Dozens of my friends as well
perfect strangers come in here every day
to tell me how to run it-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. ]

lFTOm LI6 ALcnlSOn GLOBE.
1t might be better for the world in
general if happiness and shiftIessness
didn't SO often travel together.
Occasionally man has conceit so
we'll developed he is convinced his
teeth ache harder than anyone else's.
There is one thing you must always
make up your mind to: some people
don't know you, and wouldn't like you
if they did.
Think it over: how many people
have treated you right in everything
If you can think of more than one, you
are lucky.
81 am not overly particular, for a
preacher: 1 admire the people who
love their friends and hate their enc
mics. PEARSON Irvine.
There is some dispute as to which
is the proper form, someone's else," or
someone else's." We aren't sure but
one or the other will apply to most of
the hair you see the women wearing.
The meanest man IN this world is
the man who imposes on you because
kind to you are so rare that YOU should
appreciate them, and not impose on
them.
There is no quality more commend
when you meet friends of your friend,
do not act as though he is an outlaw,
and that his friends really should drop
him, and love you.
you OIlen near a man say. before
I made the change, 1 investigated the
proposition thoroughly 1t does very
little good for us to investigate a
proposition thoroughly. The worst
mistakes we have ever made have been
made after thorough investigation, and
what we consid ered Deep Thought.
Sent in by a subscriber who lives in
a distant town Il lately read in your
paper that every man hates to walk
on the streets with a woman hanging
on his arm. supposed I was the only
man in the world Who didn't like that,
but, since reading your piece, 1 have
inquired around, and all the men
know hate it,
There is a new barber in town who
comes from country village. He
works on the last chair, but the men
are finding him out, because he is
capable, and are recommending him
to each other. If you are a good work
man, and keep clean, and behave your
self, people will find you out even
though you work on the last chair, and
are a stranger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

A Central Branch paper, according
to the Kansas City STAR tells of a
| SWede In Downs who bought a large
touring car, which he insisted upon
proper instruction. At the bottom of
| the car there was a lever which. upon
being pressed, opened the engine to
full speed. The Swede thought it was
the brake He drove about town for
| several hours without trouble as he
kept going all the time. The excite
| ment began when he decided to stop.
He pressed his foot to the lever and
not less than so miles an hour. The
faster the machine went the harder
the Swede pressed the brake.
He drove ten miles out in the
country, made a circle in a big open
pasture and came back to town split
ting the wind. He finally decided the
only way he could stop the machine
was to hit something. He headed for
brick building. The machine caved
way through the wall and stopped in
the middle of a restaurant. The driver
was not seriously hurt and the ma
chine was out of the garage within a
week
A communication to the Atchfson
Globe which it thinks was sent in by
"a mean old Spin" follows: "I notice
that the spring styles for women will
be suggestive of The Chantecler,' Ros-
tand'S great drama, and that the men
picturing the women with hen trimmed
hats, dresses embroidered with chick
ems, chicken feather muffs, etc I wish
to state in defense of the women that
they will wear nothing of the sort.
They are never as crazy as the men
would like to believe, and the only
suggestion of The Chantecler' in the
spring styles will be found. as usual,
among the men. They will continue
to make. a loud noise. r and call the
attention of all the admiring hens
every time they dig up a worm. They
Will continue to strut. and. act like the
lords of creation, and like The Chan
tecler,' every one will believe down in
his heart that the sun gets up on pur-
pose to hear him crow. 1 have heard
men, in derisfon of a woman, refer to
her as a hen. Isn't it time to make of
that term compliment, when the use
fulness and good behavior of the hen
are taken into account? Man, the
strutting conceited rooster of mankind,
shouldn't cast any stones at the use
full and modest hem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

As soon as a man gets a reputation
for being patient his friends begin to
impose on him.
= x II
Some men who play cards for money
are not gamblers, because a real gam
bier wins once in a while.
y X -
1t may be true that all men are
created equal but it is also true that
they do not remain in that state long.
= =
This much can be said for specula-
ton. One of the parties to it is sure
to win. But. then, it's generally the
other fellow.
y = 8
Even the r.ost resourceful woman
has to be dependent upon some one
else occasionally if she has one of
those gowns which hook up at the
back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
PROGRESS IN THE SCHOOLS.

i Nothing but qualification will be ex-
| pressed by the people of the city if
the present members of the board of
education get busy Immediately and
appropriate all of the thunder and
the ammunition of the promoters of
the movement, which has gained such
popular favor, for a change in the
personnel of the school board so that
q different method of administering
the affairs of the schools may be put
| in operation. The voters of the COM
munity are after results in their
| campaign for making the public
schools more effective and valuable
educational institutions.
If the members of the school board
as it is now constituted have been
able to discern the luminous hand
writing on the wall-aS it is evident
they have by their announcement
that they are considering the advis-
ability of establishing real CONNER
cial course in the high school-so
much the better. That will leave one
less important matter for the re
formers" to undertake if they are
successful in their endeavors to put
the educational affairs of the city in
other hands. But eleventh-hour ac-
ton on the part of the present school
board in meeting some of the demands
the people have been making, while
most commendabIe, will probably not
be accepted generally by the voters
as a valid excuse for its inactivity in
the past.
A commercial course that will fit
high school pupils for desirable work
in many fields of labor should have
been a part of the curriculum of the
Topeka high school for several years
back. Such courses have been pro-
vided in many of the high schools in
various cities of the nation, especially
in it's eastern section. Not only have
they been popular with many of the
pupils, but they have also done a
great work. That the prospects are
bright for the addition of one to the
local high school courses is the best
news which Topekans have heard in
long time.
In discussing the possibility of the
establishment of such a course one of
the members of the school board is
qouted as saying: 81 believe such a
course can be placed in the school at
no great expense And it might be
especially pertinent to remark right
here that the question of expense
has never worried the members
the school board when it came to de-
Gliding on plans for new school build
ings. Modern school buildings are
most desirable, but one of the weakest
of the administrative activities of the
present school board, has been its
proneness to be lavish in expenditures
for school buildings. Considerable of
the money that has thus been expend- |
ed in ornate brick and stone. might
have been devoted with much better
advantage to teachers salaries and |
lettering the educational courses in |
the schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

and had deceived President Taft It
will be remembered that Mr.. Pinchot
made these statements in a prepared
speech which he delivered to the COM
nlittee before he was placed under oath.
Now comes James Wilson, secretary of
agriculture, and denies emphatically
the statement Of Mr.. Pinchot that Mr..
Wilson had given him permission to
write the famous letter to Senator
Dolliver which caused Mr.. Pinchot to
lose his position. Thus is it always.
It's generally the pot that. calls the
kettle black
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
FpOM OTHER PENS
THE QUESTION OF ETHICS.


Ethics is the science of morality in
so far as morality can be reduced to
the basis of science. In practice NOR
sentiment and emotion which approx
mates it to religion. There are deeps
in morality and religion which the
plummet of science cannot sound and
heights which science cannot scale.
Science is formal. Morality, like re-
ligion, is superior to formality, and
often exists where formalitieS are
ignored. Yet human society, which
depends upon morality and religion for
it's existence, leans upon morality and
formalities, and is justified by ex-
perience in taking this course. Hence
the respect which is paid to the science
of ethics. Hence also the unfortunate
circumstance that individuals fighting
for ethics as they respectively under
stand ethics sometimes clash.
From the broad standpoint of NOR
atty medical ethics and newspaper
ethics should be Identical They
were on a plane of certainty as sub
stantial as that occupied by the science
of mathematics. Few astronomers are
fighting over the so-called canals of
Mars and are at outs on the subject
of the nebu1ar hypothesis. and while
chemists are contending as to whether
or not what is known as radium war
rants abandonments of the notion of
1rreOuc1Dle elements ana d return u
the belief of the a1chemists that base
metals might be transmitted into gold.
it is not wonderful that differences
should arise on the subject or ethics.
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
STRANGE FORCE OF HABIT.
The force of habit in human beings
is we'll known, but it is hardly pro-
bable that there has ever been a rarer
exhibition of that trait than in q re-
cent remarkable occurrence in Pitts
burg. A Pittsburg physician, while
hurrying along a street in that city,
returning to his office fl m a profess
Sional call, was startled by a warning
cry from above, Look out below"
Before he could realize what was hap
pening the body of a man falling from
above crushed him to the pavement
The bystanders, who expected that
both the falling man and the physician
been instantly killed, were astonished
to see the doctor struggle to his knees
in an instant Ill a dazed sort of way,
and, seeing the PROSTATE man beside
him, took out his medical case and en-
deavored to administer to his uncon-
scious neighbor. 1t was clearly sub
conscious effort. as the unfortunate
physician speedily collapsed, and it
was found that he had been paralyzed
by the shock.
The man who fell from above was
a painter. and when he realized he
was falling he gave the warning cry,
Look out belowi" as he probably
would have done had he dropped
brush or thrown some other article
to the ground. showing that in his case
also habit was strong. even in a mo-
ment of terrible agony, when he rea-
lized that he himself was falling to
certain death below.-New Orleans
Picayune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

to the eastern bankers in a cold-blood-
ed, businesslike, hard-headed attitude.
But in home circles, honest "boost'f is
worth much.
There are, however, far too many
enterprises in this country that are
based on enthusiasm and nothing else.
Some of them represent the magne-
tism of a single man, such a man as
his fellows will follow n matter where
he leads. Such a proposition is dam
gerouS both to promoter and to the
public. Common sense and business
judgment must form the basis of the
prospectus upon which the money of
your friends is drawn into business en-
terprfse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
fFrom the New york Press.I /.

Red hair is good for so generations.
The best gef-rich-quick scheme is to
marry it.
There's nothing more expensive than
having children, and that's why every
body does.
The first woman a man makes love
to he's worried for fear she won't be-
Iieve him; the next ones he's scared to
death for fea- they will.
The average man is so self satisfied
about his understanding public affairs
that he will decide a thing is uncon-
stitutional when he has never read a
line of the constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

All building records in this city were
broken last year but the present indi-
cations are that even the high water
mark attained in that period is to be
ec1ipsed during the present year. The
estimated cost involved in the building
permits taken out during February,
when the weather was such that it did
not offer much in the way of induce
ments for the planning of new build
fngs and the beginning of work on
them, totalled $4,000 or $1,000 in
excess OF the permits issued during
February of a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
THE FUNNY SIDE.

Life is full of funny things
Jokes not of our making;
To each act some humor clings
10 set the sides a-Shaking.
Never mind how dark the day
There's some pleasure in it;
Each sad hour that comes our way
Has its funny minute.
If hard luck has swept your path.
Surging like a river,
Don't give vent to tears or wrath
Smile-and save your liver
Somewhere in the direst need
Want of friends or money
You'll be sure to strike lead
Toward the point that's funny.
If, perforce, each sense you own
Suffers malnutrition,
Always keep your funny bone
Right in prime condition.
If some power you must invoke
In lifes perturbation,
Let it be-to see the joke
In each situation.
-Laurala w. Sheldon, in New Yorl
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

The paramount issue in local cleo
tion at Port Deposit. Nd, was as to
whether or not the raising of hogs
should be permitted within the munich
pei boundaries 1t is rather unusual in
these days of grease that there should
be any objection to a man raising a
hog wherever he can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

Massachusetts folk are not so slow
after all. One of her citizens has built
a heavier-than-air machine which act
ually flies. A Kansan was a pioneer in
the field of building such aircraft but
up to date his machine has done moth
ing more than make a few motions like
at1tor1ohi1A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

Once in awhile a story develops that
does not turn out in the usual and ex-
pected way. A deputy sheriff was shot
and killed in Oklahoma the other day.
He had a watch in the proper place
to receive the bullet. The bullet hit
the watch. all right, according to all
the rules. of the game but passed on
through it and made a fatal wound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

Representative Weeks has a bill in
congress which furnishes the oppor-
tunity of reorganizing the postofice de-
partment from the top to the bottom.
This is a measure that ought to pass
with an unanimous vote for if there is
any department of government that is
In sore need of a thorough reorganiza-
ton it is the postoffice department..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

Reliable authorities insist that the
scientific name for stovaine, the new
Rnesthetic. is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Something
like an axe would be needed to break
this thing up in doses that an ordinary
man could swallow. if it is taken that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

His extreme eminence, the SO hog.
has made his appearance in several OF
the live stock markets of the country.
But it hasn't been noticed that any
body has been throwing bouquets or
medals at the hog for reaching such
high distinction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

The Germ oe reform and paternalism
is so strong i'll Chicago these days that
the members of the city council now
propose to pass an, ordinance limiting
the length of hatpins that women may
wear. If they could only devise some
scheme TO limit the length of mil
liners bills great would be their ac-
comolishruents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

All of the Oldest inhabitants and
goose-bone prophets are shaking their
heads obviously these days and insist
ing that "we'll pay dearly for this
weather later on This may be the
whole truth but such weather as is now
prevailing is certainly worth paying
for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

The elegance of the vocabulary now
so popular among the politicians of the
state has been intensified by Mr.. John
Dawson, attorney for the state board CT
railroad commissioners. referring to
one of his political opponents as
sshIafherslxife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

Rev. Alexander Irvine, one of the
noted preachers in the east, told some
Columbia students the other day that
Jesus Of Nazareth was the best an
archist that the world has ever seen.
In the next breath he stated: But
the man of wealth is the anarchist to-
day. He does not care for statutes and
laws don't worry him. Wonder how
he reconciles these views?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

Mr.. Wheat Bull Patten, of Chicago,
is. indeed. Il wise man. He announces
that he has made his pile and in
tends to quit business. Most plungers
and spectators never quit the game
until they so broke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

Il is to laugh. Some people have had
real serious thoughts as to the posi-
bility of the sleeping sickness" over
taking Colonel Roosevelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

That New York woman who gave a
burglar a mile chase and finally ran
him down must have been wearing
boomers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03
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
Eanization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour.
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
rose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

Mr.. Pinchot told the members of the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigating COM
rnittee, that Mr.. Ballinger had been
guilty Of many misstatements of facts