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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
THE GRoWTH OF KANsAs.

Kansas and Kansans have reason to
be proud over the increase in popula-
ton that the state has gained during
the past decade. 1t is placed by the
new census at 22o,4 asa persons. or a gain
of Is per cent. This gives the state
present population of 169O,949. The
showing is a much better one than
the average gains in the other COM
monwealths of the central west.
1t is little less than remarkable in
view of the fact that during the past
few years, the farmers of the pioneer
type, the restless fellows, who are al
ways looking for new agricultural
worlds to conquer, have been attract
ed in great numbers from the central
west to the great northwest and the
fast developing southwest, where land
is cheaper but where the promised I'M
usual returns do not always pan out
And although the greater part of this
increased population has gone to the
cities Of Kansas, the fact remains that
not all of it has and that the places
of the farmers who have moved away
have been more than filled by others
who have been discerning enough to
recognize the great agricultural posi-
sesses. They are unsurpassed in the
nation, regardless of the attractive ad-
vertising folders put out by the land
promoters in other sections of the
country
When the rush to these pastures new
is over, as it will be in a few years
it is almost certain that the influx of
settlers to Kansas will assume large
proportions Kansas is the queen
among the agricultural states, and she
has only made a beginning in this d.
rection. There is much fertile land in
here which has yet to feel the
wound of the pillow that gives new life.
One reason for this is that it's owners
cannot possibly farm any more land
than they now have under cultivation.
Many of the Kansas farms now are so
large as to be unwieldly. With the
modern and scientific methods Of agrt-
culture which are being applied, farm
ers will soon be able to obtain much
larger yields of all kinds of grain on
smaller acreages. This will have a
tendency to reduce the sizes of exist
ing farms. That will make more and
more room for other farmers. And they
will come. They have been coming
during the past ten years when other
states in the central west have either
lost in population or made gains that
were not very appreciable.
Kansas latchstring is ever on the
outside of her door. Her hand of well
come is always extended. and when the
grasp of friendship has been given, the
fingers of this hand point the way to
opportunities without number to men
who are willing to work for a living.
And their harvests will surely be large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
QUAKER fluctuations.

Iron the Philadelphia Record1
AIS fair in love, if you don't care for
brunettes.
rid of her.
The worst thing about loves young
dream is that you wake up.
Tell a woman she is dull and she Is apt
to disprove it by cutting you.
The next best thing to profiting by our
mistakes is not to make any.
In a poker game the fellow who bets
on a pair OF deuces is apt to be reduced.
Many a man hesitates to put his best
foot forward for fear of stumbling his toe.
The trouble with the man who finds
fault is that he at the same time loses
his temper.
The girl with freckles has an advan-
tage over the leopard, who cannot change
his spots.
When an actor tells you he was greeted
by a storm of applause would you consider
it a plausible story?
Harduppe-"Wigwag is a man you IN
stinctively feel you can trust" Borrowed
Yes, but will he trust your"
A girl may be as poor as a church
mouse, but if her name is Rose you can't
say she hasn't a scent to her name.
Wigg-"Do you think travel always
hroadens a mani" Wagg-.'Well, I sup
pose a fellow is apt to spread himself
when he goes AWAY"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
JEYHAWKER JOTS

Without doubt young man at Bax-
ter Springs got a pippin for wife the
other day. At any rate her maiden
name was Apple.
Thank the Lord. eXclaims the Hazel
ton reporter for the Barber County In
dex, the Democratic party can't be
blamed for our record heater drouth.
Editor Gross, of the Agra Sentinel
makes this announcement: Yes, We
have bought a shoat, and are now pre-
pared, not only prepared but anxious
to take corn on subscription
With no political news and no can
didates to tell you how nice the baby
is, or what a good cook your wife is,
it seems rather quiet nowadays, to the
SnOkomo correspondent of the Alma
Enterprise.
That serious problem, the servant girl,
has been solved by the Horton Head
light which says: THE Headlight is
frequently asked if it knows where some
householder can get a girl. Well, we
got ours by marrying her eight years
ago,.and she not only does the house
work and all the cooking as well, but
finds time to do most of the family
washing, and raise two small children.
She's the best girl we've seen yet. We
are mighty proud of her, and are well
aware that we don't pay her half what
she is WORTH
An industrial note from the Douglass
Tribune: Good skunk skins are worth
$3.50 each. Trappers are making good
big money catching them. Why would
it not pay to raise skunkS for their
fur? We believe g skunk ranch would
be a paying proposition, and recon-
mend the subject to Game Warden
Dyche. A bulletin on the subject
might convey valuable information.
Long familiarity with the music of the
skunk modifies its Offensiveness. In fact
a taste for it may be cultivated as an
appetite for onions and switzer cheese
may be acquired. Skunk raising might
prove to be a great industry.
81 have read a great deal about the
meanest man. writes Crazy Snake,
the Route Six correspondent of the
Caldwell News, but 1 believe Route
Six held the unsavory distinction of
harboring him until recently. There
was born to a young couple sweet lit
tie girl baby, but her father made up
his mind that he didn't like little ones,
SO when he got ready to take his de-
parture to a new home he had lately
purchased, he told his wife she could
take her choice between two things
go with him without the baby, or stay
with it alone. She chose to leave her
baby behind. The baby's grandma is
taking care of the little one, which is
about six weeks old. Now, if anyone
is abole to produce a meaner man than
that, 1 would like to know who he is.
They have gone a considerable distance
away, and it's well they have. for if l
mistake not the temper of the people
it would not be good for him to show
up in these parts again"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison GIobe.l

LFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Women often say of one another,
She's terribly unhappy and dissatis-
fed"
We aren't particularly hard to en-
tertain, but no one can interest us in
spiritual seance.
A boy thinks that if he could afford
a hundred-dolIar shotgun, he could
kill ducks mile high.
Always make allowances for what
ceived by her successful kin.
Every one who owns an old reliable
family horse that stands without
Of
An old man adnires youth, and its
pleasures and enthusiasm: but he
doesn't like to have his nose rubbed
in it.
Every town has it's peculiarities. One
of them is that what it makes up in
advantages over some other town, 1t
loses in another way.
Men like to say. II told him if he
didn't get out, I'd throw him out" In
all of our experience, we never knew
of anyone being thrown out
will give you more encouragement IN
hating your enemies than they will
give you help in fighting them.
she always says: IT want to LOOK at
SO and So She NEVER says. IT
want to BUY such and such thing.
But the girl clerks are so wise that
they can tell the locker from the buy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I

CFrom the Chicago News.]
A stitch today may save rip tomor-
row.
Some lazy men get credit for having a
lot of patience.
It isn't necessary to believe forever
what you believed once.
good excuse is seldom any more effec-
tive than poor one.
1t takes a genius to explain himself to
those who are not geniuses.
It's awfully hard to convince some men
that other people have rights.
The game of politics is all right for men
who wish to try out their regulations.
If love makes the world go round, 1t
must be matrimony that gives 1t flat
wheel motion
When a man is under a cloud himself
he is always interested in the clouds OF
other people.
Occasionally a man IS innocent enough
to believe a girl loves him because she
tells him she does.
What doth It profit woman II her
servant keeps the commandments intact
and breaketh all her crockery?
About the time man reaches the age
when he begins to enjoy life along comes
a designing woman and marTleS him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

terry had no less than four of them to
help him guard the office building
where a safe was kept that often had
considerable money in it. Robbers
went after the money. They killed
the caretaker. cracked open the safe.
took what money there was in it, and
then set fire to the building to cover
up their crime. What the blood
hounds were doing while all this
was going on is not known. But when
the robbers left they added insult to
injury by taking the bloodhounds
along with them.
It's high time that the bloodhounds
were removed from their pedestal.
They appear to be the mollycoddles
among dogs. Shame on them-fo be-
ing such false alarms. But any how,
most of the bloodhounds of the present
era, especially those which travel with
the grand old Uncle Toms Cabin
shows are not bloodhounds at all.
They're Great Danes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
WORLD AT IT'S BEST.

It's grand old world to be uvin' In
when the grass begins to sprout;
It's the finest world that I've ever seen
when the leaves are a-comin' out;
It's a buily world in the fair June days
when the colts kick up their heels;
It's fine old world when the little chicks
get to scratching for their meals,
And I'll tell you boys, it's a good old
world long about this time o year,
When the turkeys fat and the ak is
sharp and Thanksgivin' day is near.
It's a fine old world when the spring
works done and the crops begin to
grow;
It's a grand old world when the days
are short and the fields are white
with snow:
It's bully world in the summer time
when you smell the sweet new hay;
It's dandy world when you've sold your
wheat and the profits put away,
And III tell you boys, it's a great old
world when the girl you love the
Sits alone with you where the light is
low, with her cheek again your vest.
It's splendid world when a fellows
young and timber and full of vim
And good square NEAR Is the finest
thing that body Can show to him:
It's great old world in the summer
time and a fine old world in fall;
It's bully world when you've saved so
much that you don't need to care
But, ri tell you boys. it's the dearest
world and the fairesr and sweetest
When you look down into your young
wife Wife,s g lap I2,~ where your first little
IS. E. Kiser, in the Chicago Record
Hrald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
Hippopotamus at Dentists.

Equipped with scrubbing brush
iashed to long pole, pail Of wash
ing fluid, and a wire hook, DR.. w.
Reed Blair, veterinarian of the Bronx
Geological garden, yesterday gave Pete,
the hippopotamus, his annual dental
renovation. With the aid of several
assistants, DR.. Blair propped Pete's
mouth open, after the animal had been
dashed to his cage.
After scrubbing Pete's pearls for an
hour, DR.. Blair was able to find only
one cavity. It is a small one, however,
and DR.. Blair thinks that 8 or 10
pounds of amalgam will be enough to
fill it.
DR.. Blair did such a good job that
Pete is thinking of having his picture
taken for chewing gum advertise
ment-New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

"And as Mr.. Graves has confessed
his love for Minnie to me. and as he
VIII most surely ask her to be his
wife next time he calls
That's rather funny" said Mr..
Spinner as she hesitated.
II don't see where the levity comes
in, sir. Love is a very solemn thing,
and marriage is still more solemn"
suggest, I presume, was that cease
to call here?"
Exactly
You are sure about their lo&ing
each other?"
"Sir?''
Because it is news to me. you
know. I thought that Mr.. Graves
'Sir, took you for gentleman"
yes. .yes-aH right-all right. I
see things your way. and this shall be
Now, you are the gentleman I
thought you. You can call. you know,
but it must be as a brother"
Yes. as a brother-a real nice
brother. Gracious. but why didn't !
catch on before? I thank you from
the bottom of my heart and wish you
good night"
With that he was gone, and as she
ran into the house to get to bed Aunt
Ellen fetched a long sigh and NUT
tered:
THANK heaven. but that is off my
mind, and my thirty-first match is as
good as clinched. Minnie Taylor can
never be thankful enough to me-"
A week passed. Neither Mr.. Graves
nor Mr.. Spinner called. 1t was seen
that Minnie was at least uneasy
Finally she made bold to ask of the
aunt:
Did you say anything to Mr.. Graves
at the gate that night?''
'I told him he ought to propose, for
I was sure you loved him"
my gracious, but it's Nancy BUSH
that loves him, and he went right of
and asked her, and they are engaged!
You haven't said anything to Mr.. Spin
ner. I hope?"
al told him that if he was a gentle
man he would keep away"
But we have been engaged for two
months"
1t took two weeks to straighter
| things out, and then, as she departed
for home, Aunt Ellen turned her re-
proachful eyes on the girl and said:
minnie Taylor, I'll never try tc
make another match while I live
never! None of them have the leasi
bit of de!"-(Copyrighted 1915
by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
Magical Erect of OIL.

To the magical effect of oil on
troubled waters officers and crew OF
the British steamship Carham, in yes
terday from Santiago, Cuba, with iron
ore, attribute their safe delivery from
the recent West Indian hurricane that
sent many a craft to its doom and
caused great loss of life and property
Outwardly the vessel bore little evil
dence of the fury of the storm, but
from the minds of Captain Jameson
and his crew the memory of three
days battle with wind and waves will
never be eliminated.
The Carham was off the Bahama
islands last Tuesday, when the hurri-
cane swept up the coast and caught
her. The tramp was prepared. with
everything made fast. The wind blew
100 miles an hour. and the steamship
was like chip in mill race.
All of Tuesday was like a nightmare
to officers and crew. The vessel was
absolutely helpless, and at times it
seemed as though she must succumb to
the terrific pounding of the seas that
beat upon her decks, ripping away
stanchions and stays. The thrush of
the seas stove in port holes, bent rails,
and carried away all things movable
about the decks. The vessels smoke
funnel was incrusted with salt. which
was still visible when she reached her
dock yesterday.
on Wednesday matters became so
alarming it was feared the steamship
was doomed. AS a last resource oil
was used in the hope of quieting the
sea. A dozen or more bags filled with
oil were hung over the sides of the
vessel, and as the fluid trickled through
the seams the effect was marvellous.
Within an hour the oil had spread so
as to form a circle around the steam
ship, and the mighty combers that
threatened to destroy the vessel
were conquered.-Philade Public
Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Overwork has a reputation for killing
humans that it does not deserve.
X \ X
And among the people who do not
get ahead are those satisfied with their
lot.
X =
The trouble with most mems hobbies
is that they don't bring them in any
thing but expense accounts.
X X
Ignorance may be bliss. But the
jewellers in Blissville are far and away
behind the rest of the world.
X Y X
Just because a man is eccentric that 6
no sign he's a genius. although many
of that sort would have you think SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
HVlMOR OF THE DAY

"she had a model husband" WHAT
1910 or 1911?'-Deroit Free Press.
why do you invariably take a taxicah
sobers me instantIy.H-Louisvilie Courier
Journal
PoIiceman-Here, you'll What are you
morning? Belated Pedestrian-The cursed
barber cut my hair too short, and 1 don't
dare go home to my wtfe.-New York Her
aid.
Pretty Visitor Con board a battIeship)-
They say that jack is leading a double
fi flee; must be leading more than nan
that for he promised to die for as many
different girls as the countries we visited.
Judge.
why did Mrs. F1Imgtlt insist on taking
Mr. Slimnoddle for her second husband?1
noticed that she nearly always won when
she met him at the bridge party and con-
Guided he was q mascot."-W ashington
Star.
What was the cause OF the quarrel
with your husband?' II want you to un-
derstand, Judge, that when we want to
fight we don't have to have a cause
New York Press
Old Maid-why should want a hus-
RE aaxs eat f Snt y stays won't Sqt ~
a widow till he loses all nine lves.''-
Judge.
A man went into a store to buy a foun-
tain pen The young saleswoman gave
him one to try, and he covered several
sheets of paper with the words 'aTempus
another pen. Perhaps she said you a
like one of these stubs better, Mr. ElI.it =
-Everybody's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

An investigating board in New York
city estimates that there are 4,5OO, 900
unemployed persons in the entire cour-
try at this time This is at the rate Of
one person out of every twenty of the
entire population of the nation Elimi-
mating the children of school age and
those under that age, it would bring
the ratio of the unemployed down to
approximately one in ten of the popu-
lation who might be expected to work,
and in this ten is included the great
army of housewives, who for some IN
accountable reason are never classed
as workers. But figuring on the basis
of one in ten, if the estimate Of the IN
employed is correct and averaged that
way generally throughout the country,
it would mean that there are 1850 I'M
employed in Topeka. OF course such
an assertion would be a ridiculous one.
And if there are 4.500,000 Of the unem-
pIoyed most of them must be in New
York and the other big cities of the
east. This is all the evidence needed
that they are pretty good places for
ordinary workers to stay away from.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.I

[From the New York Press
Wine may, but politics does not, i'm
prove with age.
Compliments please a woman more
than flowers. and they cost a lot less.
There's mighty little satisfaction in
being good when there's nobody
around to see it.
Christmas presents stare man in
the face weeks ahead as bad as a
note that's coming due
A woman likes to believe she is the
only one in a mans life. specially if
she knows there are several others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

Now that the plans have been per-
fected whereby Topeka will remain on
the baseball map, it will be up to the
fans Of the city to give most generous
support to the new management and
its team. Even if the team does not
take on the form of a pennant winner
right at the start OF d,,~'re the entire
next season it should be heartily sup
ported. 1t is only in this way that a
winning team can be built up event.
uaI1y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

Assuredly are the suffragettes of
England a queer crowd. The 116 of
them who we're arrested the other day
when they attempted to force their en-
trance into the house of commons were
sadly disappointed when they were re-
leased from jail. But then, their de-
sires to play the role of martyrs were
frustrated. Efforts to manufacture
martyrdom, however, are intensely
silly and should be nipped in the bud
on every possible occasion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

In high feather these days because new
Missouri Pacific time card promises to
give them faster trains on this famous
line of railroad. But it probably won't
be long before these towns awake to
the realization that a railroad time
card comes within the category Of be-
ing a delusion and a snare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

II twelve minutes of sunshine in a
week, which was all the people Of
Pittsburg, Pa, enjoyed in a recent
seven days. is a common occurrence
there, 1t would appear to provide a
plausible explanation for the predilec-
ton of that towns residents to indulge
In all sorts OF high jinks. People have
to do something to keep themselves in
formed that they are alive and on
oarfb
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

Let no one forget that the White
Elephant is still with us. However,
less than $1,000 are needed to complete
the fund for the Y W. and Y. NJ. c. A.
1t seems that this money ought to be
raised easily, for more people in To-
peka have not yet contributed to the
fund than those who have done so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
THE H1TCHRACK BOOSTERS.

Some men get credit for being honest
because of the industry of their wives
at the wash tub. There are lot of hitch
rack ROSTERS in every town who would
be suspected of purloining hams from
their neighbours smokehouses if it
were not for the fact that their wives
are bending over the wash tubs every
day. If they We're called into court to
give evidence as to their means of sup
port they would be compelled to bring
their wives along as exhibit A.
Spring Hill New Era.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

Count Jacques Albert Alexander Won
Mour1k de Beaufort, having had his
meal ticket cut off by his rich Ameri-
can daddy-in-law, has gone into vaude-
Vile. That's probably the nearest he
could come to doing no work at all. If
the vaudevillians work forty-five min
utes or an hour out of the twenty-four,
they think they are being imposed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

The first thing Kaiser Bill knows he
win become intensely unpopular in his
German empire. He is continuing to
advocate less beer-swigging by the
students in the German universities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

Il is also peculiar that If the thar
mony'' trips of the Santa Fe officials
were undertaken for political purposes
they were not stopped on the con-
clusion Of the political campaign with
election daY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23

And what has its exalted majesty,
tho automobile, to say to this? The
big New York horse show was a great
er success this year in each and every
particular than it has been during the
past decade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-23
9ERMANENT HOMF
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Ia 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 II received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole Dur-
Dose-