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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
HUNOR or THE DAY

:. You say Jones. is down and out? why.
1t was only little while ago that he told
me ne had the key of SUCCESS 'sHe did.
IeyhoieR oor eEm wasns able to find the
:, What is the value of the contents of
(which do you mean asked MISS Cav
en1e; their value now OF after you get
through missing over Misunderstanding
Hewitt--Is he a good writer? Jewett-
SSertalnly not; he won $4,000 the other
DAY IN prize story contest.-Puck.
You can't f1atter Jones" Eyes, 1 told
him so, and now he thinks I'm the wisesi
Caesar was revising the calendar 80
ING poe ne e snGM rh to o sg R
long-felt want.-New York Sun.
have votes? Younger sister-No. Elder
like to hear about the suffragettes-
Punch.
Own up. how: Who's the head of your
family?" My, wife used to be-" admit
tiers are grown we have q commission
form OF government. louisville Courier
Journal.
There are times when envy my hair
remarked the man who had failed in
seventeen business enterprises. Because
why?" queried his wifS Because it is
coming out on top" explained he of the
many failures.-Chicago News.
IF you don't like this Christmas feel
ing" the happy man said to the Old
Grumbler, Just pour it back into the
Jug At that the colonel was AZ atten-
full In plain words, be sure that you
don't spill any?"-Atlanta Constitution.
She--Father, want to buy a hat; will
you give me a check? He--Certainly. How
much do you want? She-Iow much have
you left in bank?-Judge-
Did you dream sweetly last night:
promised to bring but didn't ."-Meggen-
dorfer Blaetter
s'What are you thinking of, father? .!
was just thinking Of my youth, dear;
And I was just thinking of mine; 1t IS
time he was here If he is coming this
evening. Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Peter.
'.No-not yet"
Well, she oughterl" said Peter.
didactically
There was q long silence. broken IT
last by Mr.. Eames, who arose and
peered over the wall. There was a
smothered shrek f-em within a pink
sunbonnet
"Auntie, Peter! There he isl Oh,
The owner of the sweet voice and
the diminutive Peter turned with one
accord and looked behind them.
mere leaning over the wall, was q
tan, fur-coated figure whose hands
were encased in furry gloves and
whose eyes were hidden behind great
goggles.
The. goggle-eyed mani" beloved
PeIer backing away from the wall.
0ck!. exclaimed the vol, dazedly.
ieien: whispered the goggle-eyed
Weir. u MISS
Eames waved deprecating hand to-
ward the broken machine and thev ali
peered over the wall. ct met with an
accident he explained, "and I sat
down here to wait for a tow into the
village. could not help hearinr the
story. It was very interesting" ne
added without smile.
IT was Ialfy Story, returned Helen
with impetuous haste. land as such 1
hope you will remember it,"
She moved down the slope and the
children followed reluctantly.
He's taking off his goggles" report
ed Peter.
'.And it's Dick Eames," screamed
Peggy excitedly. throwing herself at
the young man with affectionate ardor
Helen looked away over the October
nils. the sun was setting and the fic-
titious warmth of the day was replaced
at her feet and a long, soughing moan
trembled through the elm branches
overhead. She turned toward the little
group and watched the children fan
upon the man with loving caresses.
There was usefulness in her gaze.
Perhaps she realized it, for she sud
denly turned and fed.
HelenY' called Eames
She paused, then, reluctantly she
came, sitting sob as he drew her
hands within his own,
You owe me some reparation." he
whispered sternly while the children
hung back with wondering eyes.
Is it paid now?'' she asked, laying
her arms about his fur collar
Not quite" he murmured stub
"And-nsw?''
As they all tramped honeward across
the darkening fields Peter caught
Helen's hand in his chubby fist.
Some day will you tell us more about
the beautiful princess?" he asked.
she married the prince and lived
happily ever afterward," declared Dick
Eames-(Copyrighted. 1910. by Assoc
ciated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
KANSAS COMHENT
BRED IN THE BONE.

The convicts in the New York state
prison publish a newspaper called the
Star of Hope which has attracted
a good deal of attention because Of
the excellence of its contents.
Like most publications, in and out
of the penftentiary, it contains good
deal of rubbish, but in every issue
lnere mas been some good stuff. indi-
eating that some heavyweights, intel
lectually, We're among the prisoners.
The poets have been numerous, and
their work SO good that some of their
productions have been copied all over
the country, upon their merits.
Much of the prose is of the kind
that you expect to find in prison pub
LEGATIONS. 1t is the sentimental. pa
thetic. highly moral balderhash that
always smacks of insincerity. Given
fountain pen and a block of writ
ing paper. and the average prisoner
proceeds at once to bewaiI his past
errors and do some beautiful writ
ing touching his fine resolutions for
the future; and 1t is one OF the things
dlfdcult to explain that prison au-
tnor1tles seem easily fooled by this
sort OF stuff and encourage the pris-
oners to dish it up.
NOT long ago the Gazette referred
to publication issued by the Kansas
reformatory; the contributors were
inmates OF that institution, and they
We're all given to fine writing and
moral essays. There wasn't line in
the book that rang true and candid
Some excuse may be found for the
writers in such 3 case. for they were
mostly young boys, and some of them
may have believed that they were in
earnest. But the people who edit such
publications should discourage cant
and humbug, and urge the contribu-
tors to be manly and straightforward.
AS remarked, some OF the poems
printed as original in the New York
prison publication were copied by
other papers, and had a wide circula-
ton, and this fact has disclosed the
dishonesty of the penitentiary poets.
Some of their verses were recognized
as having been published long ago;
one of them proved to be a poem by
Shakespeare which is not generally ia
mlllar. OF course, the convicts had
the run of the prison library, and that
was supplied with many old books and
magazines, and the gifted contributors
to The Star of Hope merely copied
their verses from those books and
magazines. Many of the fine moral
sentiments Were also discovered in
some Of the volumes of sermons.
The reformed 11ighwaymen, porch
climbers and piclpoekets couldn't be
honest in prison. Crookedness was
bred into them. and they couldn't get
away from it.
The incident shows the necessity of
real educational work in the prisons,
and that sort of work can't be car
ried on successfully until the chap
lains. wardens, turkeys and all in
authority are agreed that sham of all
kinds should be frowned upon. Most
of the prison publications merely adj
vertise the fact that prison life is
breeding an endless swarm of hypo-
crites.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Lippincott's Magazine is printing a
series of articles on What is the
Matter With Our Public Schools" Ac-
cording to the author and some 9TH
ers, there is a good deal the matter.
One of the difficulties is that the
teachers are undsrpaid, figures being
furnished to show that the average
teacher receives a smaller compen-
sation than the average house maid,
when the board the maid receives.
and the fact that she has steady en-
ployment, are taken into considera-
ton. He also insists that too much is
expected of the teachers; that they
are given more children to handle
than they can properly control or
teach. But the greatest lack, as he
sees 1t, lies with the teachers them
selves, or with those who prepare the
course of study. We teach the chill
dren a great deal of detached fnfor-
nation, while their minds are not
trained to accurate think ing. Also.
they are taught many things of which
there is hardly a possibility they will
have any use later in life and this Of
ten to the neglect of more essential
subjects. The parents are also blam-
ed, because they do not sufficiently
interest themselves in correcting these
faults. But how they are abused when
they do.-Atchison Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Where ugliness is bliss tits folly to
be beautiful.
If we can't always say what we
think we can at least think what we
say.
Those Keep Off the Grass signs
out in the park are rather superhuous
just now.
The only reason some people don't
live beyond their means is because
they are too mean.
Many a man who tries to be a DUH
in the stock market would meet WITH
Just as much success in china snop.
Nell-"The men tell me suspenoers
are rapidly becoming obsolete. 6elie
IT guess that's right Most men look
to their wives for support nowadays
"'I wish 1 had lived in the stone
age" remarked the man VINO was
a-weary of the six best sellers put
those must have been hard times IN ,n1
the other ssbut there could have been
no light literature in those days"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
THE ONLY WAY.

fne shades of night were falling fast
Las has been mentioned in the pastl
nen through an Alpine village blew
A Climber with retinue.
He did not bear through snow and ice
a banner with a strange device,
Nor did he roar stExcelsiori''
CAS- has been mentioned heretofore),
But tended strictly to his job,
which was to gain the mountains mob.
Behind him on the weary jog
There tofled a faithful blond stenog:
Likewise their puffed a notify pub,
Provided by the Alpine Club.
Who saw the Climber odd not cheat
And swore him every thousand feet.
Roped to a yodeling Alpine guide,
The trio scaled the mountainside.
At dawn the Climber topped the crag
And waved the Climbers Union flag;
Dictated to the blond stenog.
Make affidavit; s.S' help me. Bob!''
That he had gained the mountains mob;
And Bill, the guide, to make things sure,
Was witness to his signature.
That ought to hold the Show me-
The Climber nurmured. Now for
lunchv,
Chicago Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There is nothing quite so tickle as
friendship.
X X X
It's mighty difficult to realize that sill
yer Innings are behind many of the
clouds.
Among the old-fashioned women are
those who won't let their husbands
smoke around the house.
y X \
In addition to other things, the te1e-
phone was apparently put on earth to
test mans patience further.
n X X
About the only qualification a boy
needs to get a Job in an office is an
inability or unwillingness to whistle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

fair he would not call the rules under
which the house of representatives is
administered "Cannon's rules. Except
as they have been modified and made
more liberal they are the rules winch
prevailed in the lower branch OF con-
gress for years before Mr. Cannon was
elevated to the speakership. They are
the rules which have been adopted by
majority of that body and Wnlch
were in force when the Democrats made
up that majority and had Democrat
ic speaker in the person of Mr.. Crisp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Reports that the Roosevelt expedition
has succeeded in discovering an animal
in East Africa that everybody else had
overlooked did not stir the people in
this vicinity to much excitement, be-
cause, only the other day here, "yel-
low 'possum was found, and it is be-
lieved to be the only one of it's kind that
ever existed. This is where Topeka has
one on the Smithsonian institution. Will
somebody please start a subscription
for the erection here of a museum Of
natural history?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Some congressman have aired their
views to the effect that the Nmainte-
nance of the executive department is
too expensive and that Mr.. Taft's salary
ought not to have been increased 10
$4,000. Inasmuch as Mr.. Taft has
been responsible for cutting down of
the governments expenses by more
than $40,g0O.000 for single year. he
has earned considerably more than the
money he is now getting. At least that
is what such services would be worth
on a proportionate scale in any BUSH
ness enterprise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
fFrom the Chicago News.

From tne SHiSa6o ~fO"'
Some men boast of their luck pc
cause none of their relations ever WISH
them.
peonle who take pains to tell the
truth on all occasions have but 1e"
friends. -
What a glorious country this wouid
be to live in if turkeys were as easily
raised as cats!
OF course, a man can't help admir-
ing a fashionably attired woman-un-
less he pays the freight.
once there was a cook who stayed in
one place for more than six months.
she was in a hospital paralyzed.
The only reason We care to pc
millionaire is for the purpose of in
ducing bill collectors to cut our ac-
Quaintauce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
Between Variations.

A Detroit judge the other day look
ed sharply at a woman who was be-
fore him asking for a divorce, and
you a divorce not quite three years
ago. It was for cruelty. In less than
a year you take up another man, mar
ry him after a months acquaintance,
live with him two months. and then
apply for another divorce. I won't
hear your case. You'll nave to go to
some other judge The woman went
and the other judge gave her the di-
vorce. 1t seems that her second hus-
band used to chase her with a shot
gun when he got drunk-whicf was
so often that there was hardly time
to do the homework between Mara
thons.-Ameri1lo (Tex.) News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Among the excellent investments for
the business and professional men Of
this city, who wish to see the town
grow and to their profit accordingly,
are blocks of stock in the new assoc
citation which has been formed to
establish a real state fair here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

That merger of the three big trust
companies of New York into one
gigantic financial concern which will
have capital Of $15o,OO0,oO and which
has been engineered by J. Pierpont
Morgan, Levi P. Morton and Thomas
f. Ryan. may come in handy as the
nucleus for that central bank which
it is proposed to organize to manage
the banking and currency problems of
the nation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

With the death of De La Grange,
famed aviator. four men have been kill
ed during the past Is months in their
attempts to navigate the air. Proper
tionately with the numbers engaged in
the sports. the death list from football
is a meager one when compared with
that which has been rolled up in the
field of aviation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

TFrom the New York Press
The more man is o good terms
with himself the less he is likely to be
with others.
A father makes the rules and then
blames the mother for nobody being
able to enforce them.
Any man who knows enough to
know he doesn't understand women is
better OF than If he did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Two Russian army officers have pur-
chased dirigible balloons with which
they propose to make trip to the
South Pole. If they should be success
full Walter Wellman VIC Id never be
himself again. wouldn't that be aw@
full? But, perhaps, 1t might be an i'm
v,roxyarhao4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

With all patronage taken away from
them. the congressional Insurgents
will soon become quite as forlorn as is
the ice retailer in the winter time if
he doesn't happen to be coal man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

"cannon's rules have no place in a
free government. convention or organ
lied body" says Arthur Cranston, a
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for congress in the Third district.
This NAV be true as It is not known
generally whas Gamers rules are.
x AZ. Czanston bad any desire 70 be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

DR.. Cooks polar records have been
forwarded by the University of Copen-
hagen to the National Geographic soci-
ETY.. There is no indication as yet that
the latter organization intends to re-
ciprocate with Mr.. Peary's records.
These seem to be well-nigh sacred
things which are not for common eyes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

According to the ideas of the leaders
of the American Federation of Labor
the steel trust is far from being an oc-
topus of the good variety that it has
set itself up as being. and which 1t has
been hailed from many quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
Cure for Pneumonia.

Some of the medical schools are
experimenting with a new cure for
pneumonia. The treatment calls for
the injection of vaccine prepared
from the germs which cause pneu-
monia, but which have previously been
rendered innocuous, and because of
this the vaccine has been named
"tpneumococcus.'' Alcoholic patients,
with other severe cases of pneumonia,
were subjected to treatment, and out
of "a unfavorable patients who were
received, all but 6 recovered. Forty
nine cases Of ordinary pneumonia re-
suited in convalescence save in two
cases, and 15 per cent of these cases
the crisis was passed in three days,
instead of the usual nine days. A fav-
orable symptom in the serious cases
was the almost immediate relief of
toxemic conditions and the rapid dis
appearance of delirium. The results.
all told, greatly exceeded expectations
and were most encouraging.
Through the aid of certain philan-
thropists, a fund has been created to
supply the new vaccine without cost
to physicians who have patients suf-
fering from lobar pneumonia. The
disease is reckoned among the most
deadly of the enemies Of mankind.
IF the efficacy of the new treatment
is established beyond question, it will
undoubtedly prove a great boom
Chattanooga News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Chicago is wealthy. it's property being
valued for the purposes of taxation at
1897 ,212, $50. A reading Of the news
papers Of that town also indicates that
there are plenty of other things there
10 Rorrv about besides wealth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

A California family of four met their
death recently by poisoning which was
brought on in the eating of some
canned pears. In this instance it
might be well to particularize that this
fruit was canned at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Now listen to the animals growl.
Representative Humphrey of WASH
ington has introduced a ship subsidy
bill which is reported to have the en-
dorsement of the administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
FULL LEASED WIRE RFpcRT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

A Boston man believes that each
church should have a press agent.
Some of them need something to at
tract attention TO them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Anything cooked with the care and
trimmings that Professor Dycne uses
in the preparation of the German carp
for the table ought to taste nretty good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
How Careless.

Before fame came to him, Bernard
Shaw wrote dramatic criticisms for
the London Saturday Review. The
following sample was preserved by
the late Clyde Fitch as characteristic:
II am in a somewhat foolish po-
sition concerning a play at the Opera
Comique, whittier I was hidden this
day week. For some reason I was not
supplied with rrogram, SO that I
never learned the name of the play.
At the end of the second act the play
had advanced about as far as an or
binary dramatist would have brought
1t in five minutes after the first rising
of the curtain; or, say, as far as Ib-
sen would have brought it ten years
before that event. Taking advantage
of the second interval to stroll out in
to the Strand for a little exercise, I
unfortunately forgot all about my
business, and actually reached home
before it occurred to me that I had
not seen the end of the play. Under
these circumstances it would i'll be-
come me to dogmatize on the merits
of the work or its performance. can
only offer the management my apollo
gies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
Struggle OF Egoists.

It is reported that d'Annunzio and
Duse have again met and patched up
their quarrel. The almost superhuman
cruelty and egoism Of d'Annunzio in his
ferocious literary account of his rela-
tons with Duse is to be remembered.
It is said that as result of the desic-
eating d'Annunzio episode Duse lost,
at any rate temporarily. her talent and
her vitality; that he acted on her ma
ture as an excoriating flame.
That may very well be- the case, for
It is likely that the poet is stronger
than the actress. They both have all
the egoism and Individuality which
are so often associated with genius of
an artistic kind. They met. and they
delighted not only in the rich compan-
ionship which their talent and tenn
permanent assured for one another, but
egotistically they enjoyed the fierce at
tempt to take the other at a disadvan-
tage, TO establish over the other the
slavery of love: for with such colossal
egoists love has no altruistic or mere
ly affectionate element.
In this struggle d'Annunzio came out
ahead-peThaps because no woman
could be so perfectly cruel so perfect
1y self-centerd and strongly brutal as
some men-especia1ly men of this par
ucular "artistic" type. When Duse
was nearly exhausted by the unequal
fight they separated some years ago.
Now they have met again. Perhaps
Duse has recovered her strength and
energy, and has braced herself for an
other exciting conflict with the great
egoist of Ita1y.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
Modernizing Warfare.

Every new invention in the matter of
firearms is seized upon as the basis
for a freshening of the argument that
the undermining Of warfare will make
battles so deadly that wars will become
impossible. The Maxim silencer is
case in point. Yet Brig. Gen. Crozier
in his annual report as chief Of ord
nance, eliminates the Maxim device as
a factor by recommending that it be
not adopted by the United States army.
Gen. Crozier's objection to the 81
lencer is that its use would, while elm
mating much of the noise of firing,
betray the troops to the enemy. as on
damp or cloudy days the slow escape
of gas from the silencer becomes WISH
BILE and assists the opposing force in
locating the firing line with exaetitude.
The fact remains that all efforts to
modernize warfare thus far have fall
ed to remove the elementals from the
field of battle. Some inventions, such
as the rapid-fre gun, the hfgh-power
rifle, and smokeless powder, have ta-
ken their places among the permanent
developments Of combat but many 9TH
ers, as in the case of the silencer, have
failed to establish their value, and so
long as men have occasion to go to
war they probably will be guided much
as in the days of old. by the desire to
kill, concerning which all the modern
improvements devised to date have fail
ed to establish any material differen-
tIation Of new battles from old.-Omaha
Rec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

own up, now. Who's the head of your
family?" My wife used to be-" admit
ted Mr.. Enpeck. But since my daugh-
tiers are grown we have a commission
form OF government. louisville Courier
journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Hewitt-Is he a good writer? Jevett-
day in prize story contest.-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Elder Sister-Do you want women to
have votes? Younger Sister-No. Elder
Sister-Why? Younger Sister-Because I
like to hear about the suffragettes.-
Punch,