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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

and spent little time in social gayety.
He had introduced Maize to his moth
quaint and characteristic places. And
he had learned that she was the. one
girl IN the world for him
know I'm too young to think of
such thing" he confided to his
mother. "but when 1 marry I want
Maize"
She's a dear girl his mother said.
put you mustn't bind her yet by
That she was a dearer girl than he
thought was proved by a letter which
came to him the night before the big
game.
Dear Don: L want YOU to go to
the game tomorrow. And I want you
10 applaud the other fellows. VIII
you? somehow it will seem a con-
fession of weakness if you stay away,
as If you couldn't bear to give others
the glory.
7 am sending you talisman to
wear on your watchguard. When you
for you, touch it, and remember that
you are to be a leader of men. I am
not going with you; I want you to
face it alone. and win out:
In the box which accompanied the
note was a little golden football with
the inscription, "Semper Fidelis.''
always faithful" Don whispered,
as he fastened it to his watch ribbon.
II will live up to your belief in me,
little girl
Hence it happened that at the front
of the grand stand, the next day, Don
Fulton cheered his fellows. That
night he sent to Maize Thorne a big
bunch of crimson roses, with this
| message:
''I think I made them feel that I
was glad to have the other fellows
get the glory. And I was glad. But
I shouldn't have been if 1t hadn't been
for you. You showed me how to act
| like man instead of a spoiled baby.
And as for that 'Semper Fidelis,' it's
going to mean more to me than you
thought. I want to be always faith
full, not only to my ideals, but to you,
Maize. But mother says I mustn't
talk about this until I have won my
spurs, so I won't. but I want you to
let me come for you. and Wen ask
Jean Campbell and one of the boys
and have a spread at the Yellow
Dragon, in memory of the feast when
first saw you, and when you proved
to me that a man is stronger than
fate. Always faithfully. DON"
copyrighted 1910 by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

loose from politics; seems unconcerned
about the money outlook, and is alto
gether in a decidedly more hopeful
frame of mind. The recession in bust
ness at the west has been much lighter
than at the east, and the general feel
ing in that section is that the tide has
turned, and that from now on i'm
provement will be in order. At the
south conditions are generally satisfac-
tory, chiefly because of the general
profits realized in cotton growing.
There is a singular absence of COM
plants of any kind from that quarter.
In the east, where depression has been
much the keenest, the indications of
revival are becoming more pronounced.
Trade is still below the volume of sew
eraI preceding years. but here, too, are
indications of a turn in the tide. The
steel industry must still be considered
one of our best trade barometers. 1t
is stated that only 65 per cent of the
blast furnace capacity of the great
Steel corporation is now being oper-
ated. In various directions, however,
signs of betterment are multiplying.
The inquiry for pig iron during the
last week has shown decided revival,
indicating that industrial establish
mentS see better times ahead. More
over, before very long the railroads are
likely to enter the market as larger
purchasers, and their transactions are
always the most important and signifi-
cant factors in the steel industry. For
many months the railroads have cur
tailed purchases and postponed i'm
provements as far as possible. Such
economy can not go on indefinitely,
and ere long we are likely to see an
accumulation of orders that will i'm
part oldtime activity to our steel mills.
For reasons of their own the railroads
have further delayed the placing of or
ders until having some idea as to what
the outcome would be of their claims
for better rates before the interstate
commission. These decisions may be
expected soon after the elections. In
all probability the railroads will OBJ
tain some concessions; while traffic has
been so we'll sustained in spite of the
recent depression in trade that dfvi-
dend rates have not been at any time
seriously imperiled."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News

EF'rom the Chicago News1
A lazy man is always making idle re-
marks.
Silence may give consent or it may
give offense.
Most marriages are happy; the I'M
happiness comes later.
There's no help for a man who is too
lazy to work his friends.
Many a. man who puts his money in
mine comes out minus.
Insomnia usually troubles the wife of
a man who talks in his sleep.
It doesn't break into the scandal class
until it becomes talked about.
Never judge a mans fondness for
cabbage by the cigars he gives you.
A dollar in your hand is worth a
million in the hands of your executors.
There are lots of people who would
rather butt in than get there any other
way.
All men are equal before the law, but
some are more than equal to the task
of getting around it.
Women have been known to shake
hands for the purpose of trying to
shake secrets out of each other.
When a woman begins to tell a man
how nice looking she thinks he is he
Immediately develops unlimited faith in
her Judgment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
HUNOR OF THE Day

Stranger-rd like to have my measure
taken for a $50 suit of clothes.
mea a1iD siy you'll Day in 'a advanSc eu
Kansas City Independent.
Mother dndignantlxl-You naughty boyI
Little Innocent-Tm not pulling 1t. I'm
only holding on. The cat is doing. ali
1--WE have parted forever. He writes me
".T TeIp him him to &c cali for it," advised the
experienced friend.-Kansas City Journal.
Her husband got three years--but he kin
git II months OF for good behavior.
sn Ms' an be may not ts behave SimseifG
Life Life
Raynor-Ever do anything for your
shyne Cwho has rapidly growing bald
spot)-Yes, 1 mourn for 1t occasionally,
but what good does that doF-sChicago
Tribune.
Mary-How would you like to spend
Alice-I did He called last night
| Pick-Me-Up-
stella-What bankrupted him7
waadn think f he @as Becoming Ss
rupt.-New York sun
Literary returns are slow, are they
not?"
enough. louisville Courier-Jourhal
why did you strike that man7''
He called me Clarence. s.
What is your manner?
ITS Clarence. but he didn't know It's
Cleveland Leader -
"A man got wife as the result of an
election bet" -
what of itT'
Did he win or loser?
my good man, never indulge in I'M
profitable Observation-Disclosures City Jour
nal.
you can't see the leading LADY now;
she is busy in the dressing roopl."
Us she changing her costume sfor the
next act?"
mo this is an Ibsen play. She Is mere
ly making up her uatnd.'-Corneus widow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

[From the Atchison Globe
When you are happy, somebody's
getting your misery.
A taking" way gets politicians into
office and other people into Jail.
When q man has his picture taken
with his hat on, it means he is bald.
1t doesn't take much of a man to
induce a woman to give up her Ca
reer.
Some men are always fly ng around
with their singer hanging out like a
wasp.
An Atchison mans wife is ten years
older than he is, and she calls him
FATHER
In reading history, ever remark the
great number of noted men who have
had unfaithful wives?
The men, we admit, are easily
fooled, but they learn in time; false
hair doesn't fool them any more.
A cold wind from the north. when
you have left your overcoat at home,
is about as mean thing as there is.
OF course you ought to vote, but
when you do, don't imagine you have
much to do with running the govern
ment.
IF I talked about people as people
talk about others to me every day, I'd
be shot within week."-Parson
Irvine.
Next to serving on the committee,
marching in the parade accomplishes
about as little as anything we can
think of.
If you are careless, the habit is liza
BILE to get you into trouble, some day
you are likely to neglect something of
real Importance.
The most indignant Insurgent and
Reformer in this section, never
thought about Insurgency and Reform
until about six weeks ago.
You may have observed that the
Hon. Breakfast Bacon is also figuring
a good deal in this making and break
ing of altitude records.
when my stomach is behaving.
and I am feeling particularly well, 1
spend that day arranging for a din
ner that will knock me out next day."
Drake Watson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
QUAKER MEDITATTONs.

IF,rom the Philadelphia Record.J
The glazier always takes panes with
his work.
Lots of fellows get cold feet waiting
for dead mems shoes.
Some people never attempt anything
for fear of doing it wrong.
The love of money is the root of all
evil, and the world is full of rooters.
A woman can sometimes make a fool
of her husband by letting him have
his own way.
The professional strong man can lift
hundreds of pounds, but he can't all
ways support a wife
The world generally makes it hotter
for a man with a shady reputation than
for one with sunny disposition.
wigg-'who first discovered that it's
the unexpected that always hap
pens ?" Wagg-"The weather man"
Necessity is the mother of inven-
ton" quoted the Wise Guy. And
thirst is the pop Of a cork" added the
Simple Mug.
THAT horse thief you fellows cap
tured last night seemed very nervous"
remarked the visitor in Red Dog.
yes replied the sheriff, hes one o
the high-strung fellows"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

In a forecast on the result of the
congressional elections, the New York
Herald predicts that the Democrats
will be successful in 1914 districts,
which will give them q membership
81 the Sixty-second congress that will
fall but two short of a majority of the
house. And in this forecast the Her
aid looks for a breaking of the solid
Republican delegation from Kansas. 1t
predicts that Frank Rockefeller will be
successful in the Sixth district and
that Dan Anthony will be beaten in the
First. If the Herald's predictions of
success by the Democrats in many of
the 194 districts conceded to them are
as weakly grounded as its guess that
MIR. Anthony will be beaten. they are
not very reliable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
JAYHAWKER JOTS

It's the idea Of the Jewell Republican
that the Iazier a man is the harder he
works to invent excuses.
What's thisi A Collyer farmer adj
vertises in the Cove County Advocate
that he will trade his automobile for
$500 worth of horses.
Tom Thompson says it is hard for a
sensible girl to have much use for a
boy who never does anything for him
self, but lives off of Pa, s5t-
The Hutchinson News, would like
to have some one explain to the gas
towns in the state why there isn't as
much gas in the winter as in the sum-
mer.
Advice from the Kingman Journal:
greatest, observe him in his poverty;
if at his meanest, observe him in his
prosperity.
There is no prouder moment in the
boys life, says the Ottawa Herald,
than the time he is big enough to han
die the whip when his dad is hand
ling the lines.
tan, The Courier-Democrat reports
that the price of a shave is soon to be
advanced to 10 cents "at both of the
Seneca shops"
Emporia is to celebrate Thanksgiv-
ing with a coursing meet for dogs.
And the discerning Emporia sports
are going to get ''lively jacks" for the
occasion from Wichita.
The Altoona Tribune hears a report
that the Missouri Pacific has quit
hauling dead bodies on account of be-
ing unable to get them to their des-
tination before the Resurrection day.
Notice is hereby served by the OF
tawa Herald on the raw-voiced jay
birds that they must make good use
| of their time waking up the inhabit-
ants in the early morning. A few more
heavy frosts and they will have to take
a change of venue.
Bender, the winning pitcher of the
Philadelphia team, is probably not re-
lated, says the Parsons Eclipse, to the
| tied although, they, too, had
quite a reputation for striking out
men at the home plate.
The power of the press is exemp1i-
| fed in this item from the Beanville cor
| respondent Of the Troy Chief: We COM
planned to the editor of an Atchison pa
per about a dangerous piece of road on
| Deer creek, and by the time we were
coming home the road boss had repair
ed the worst places. Hurrah!
Political note from the Severance
News: The mantle of "Of1cial Mud
| Singer for the standpatters of Doni-
phan county seems to have fallen from
IhS SHOuluST VI inc SASHI anu OHiS
| successor to Sol Miller, and is now
wrapped about the diminutive anatomy
of the Highland Vidette. Some one will
surely have to help Tobias.
| A dressmaker can take the conceit
out of a. woman who thinks she has
! a figure" says the Atchison Globe.
When she takes the woman's measure,
she will say: Zone of your hips is a
trifle larger than the other" The
| size of your waist is very much out of
proportion to the rest of your meas
urements; you ought to let it out a
| little'b. WHO would think you had
such a long arm!'' Then, as she makes
| other measurements, the dressmakeT
will make an odd little noise in her
throat.eas though she were about to
say something, but decided not to, and
when the woman who thought she
had a figure walks out of the room
she is thoroughly cowed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
THE OLD BAYOU.

The rosy egret, sunset
Wings up the moss gray skies;
And creeping under clouds, the dusk,
"A burning beetle dies
Round cypress, oak and willow
A raucous music cries,
And from the water, dark beneath,
The mists' gray shadows rise.
And glimmering down the bayou,
With starlight-litten eyes,
The twilight oars her dim canoe,
Pale proved with firef1ies
Her owlet call the darkness
UtterS in vague Surrnise,
Then with a Sibilant voice afar
The bayou hush replies.
Night now the cricket hinges
OF her deep doorway tries,
And stealing through the house of dreams
Sleep to the silence signs.
Wide to the dark one window
She filings, and from it flies
A moth-the white and wandering moon,
Who a phantom paddle plies.
Upon the bayou's bosom
In strangely shimmering wise
phantom skiff with a phantom maid.
Who phantom paddle piles
Madison Cawein. in the New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

That baseball and baseball players
have the right of way in this country,
even above politics and politicians, has
been emphasized again at Meriden,
Conn. A big political rally had been
planned to be held there on a certain
night, but Jack Barry. one of the
champion Athletics. decided to reach
his home. which is in this town, on
the same night. Naturally, the political
rally was indefinitely postponed, and in
its place a reception was rendered to
Barry. But baseball players are the
only individuals who take precedence
over the politicians in this land. More's
the pity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most people who speak their mind"
really haven't very much TO say.
Fussing with the weather is like fuss
ing with a woman. Nothing is accom-
plished by it.
A man doesn't have to tell his wife
everything he does. Others relieve him
of that responsibility.
Many woman, and many n man, for
that matter. would .rnk mucn worse If
their clothes Actually fitted them.
= =
Versatility is the rJination of some
folk. They never stick at any one thing
long enough to make a success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

The triennial report of the Young
Mems Christian association, just made
public, shows that there has been a
gain in membership in the North
American organization of 10 per cent
during the past three years. The gain
in the membership of the Topeka asso-
citation has been much larger than this
average. That's one reason why the
campaign is now on to provide addi-
tionaI funds so that the Y. NJ @. A.
building can be enlarged to take
care of increased membership. And
the other important reason for this
campaign is to provide the Young
Women's Christian association with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
KANSAS cOMMENT
al MODERN KING.

rake II all around and modern
king does not have a very desirable
job OF course he does not have to
90 manual labor but he has to sit
up nights trying to please or fool the
people so they will not insurge. He
may be able to boss the folks around
the palace, he rides first class and
has money to spend, but he can't go
down town Saturday night and enjoy
the spending of his weeks wages or
listen to the entertaining talk in the
barber shop When he goes on a
visit he has to have a policeman or
a detective with him to watch out
for anarchists, and when he tries to
govern the kingdom he finds a prime
minister or a hostile majority of the
parliament telling him what he has
to do. He is the victim of that sense
of failure which comes to a man
with a lot of apparent power and in
ability to do what he really wants to
do. That makes him cross and mad,
he says what he thinks, and the peo-
pie call him names and plot his over
throw. No matter how bright the
day, or how quiet the public, he is not
sure of escaping the bomb of the con-
spfrator or the rocks of the mob.
Very few kings really get much out
and salutes, and any man with red
blood in his veins must tire soon of
this form of authority without the
substance. The modern king hopes
to get through his reign without a
revolution. but he knows it is coming
to his successors if it does not strike
himself.-Hutchinso News.
A WOMAN'S VICTORY.
The pastor of one of the synagogues
at Burlington resigned in order to go
to a Larger Field, and the authorities
of that sanctuary were casting about
for a new shepherd, when a woman
put in her application for the job.
The old timers snorted with disgust,
and said they'd need salvation pretty
bad before they'd have it dished up
by female preacher. However. a
number of candidates were being tried
out, and it was agreed that 1t would be
no harm to let the woman deliver a
discourse, just to see what she could
do. The leading sports of the church
were satisfied that a woman preacher
was aridiculous. business. but they
wanted to be fair, and they were Curl
Gus to see how the dame would look
in the pulpit.
So, upon a recent Sunday, the wom-
an appeared and preached a really
admira BILE sermon. The church was
crowded with fans, and when the ser
vices were over. they gathered outside
and assured each other that the lady
had made a hit. She preached again
the following Sunday, by request, and
that settled it. She was engaged as
palaver, and she will draw $1,000 a
year henceforth.
Her success speaks we'll for her own
ability, and it also speaks we'll for the
sports of Burlington. They were bit
terly opposed to a woman preacher,
but when they had heard her. and
found that she could deliver the goods,
they were fair enough to forget all
prejudice and give her the position she
had asked for.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

AS to the initiative and referendum,
the delegates to the Arizona constitu-
tional convention have set a new pace.
They have adopted a constitutional
provision which applies this adjunct of
government, not only to state affairs
but to those of cities. towns and coun-
ties. This appears to be a reasonable
stand to take. Anything which is good
for state ought to be just as good for
its several divisions which have gov
ernmental problems of their own to
work ont
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New york Press.

[F'rom the New York Press.
1t takes brains not to show off be-
cause of them.
ing fact
In a flirting competition a girl can
do more with her eyes than man
with his brain.
No doubt blessings are awarded
right up in heaven, but they get aw-
fully mixed up in the distribution
down here.
A man wouldn't make much of a
show of himself over being engaged,
the way he does now, if it came after
marriage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

The Harvard football team. it is an
nounced, will spend the afternoon be-
fore the Yale game in practice de-
signed "tO accustom the players to the
lights and shadows of the Yale field -
As the New York World says: College
athletic training nowadays is a pretty
serious and important thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

Minneapolis, Mimi. gets into the
limelight with a padded census. But
inasmuch as the corrected figures still
give her population in excess of that
of st. Paul her twin and neighbor. it
is not likely that Minneapolis will fuss
very much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

There also appears to be something
radically wrong with the banking sys-
tenn of China. Seven banks at Shang-
hal, among them some of the largest
in the Celestial kingdom. have gone to
the wall. Maybe the Chinese fnan-
cters, who used to do all OF their count
ing and with the utmost precision on
strings Of buttons, have taken UP of
late with more modern methods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

Alan Hawley, one of the partici-
pants in the recent remarkable and
perilous flight of the balloon Amer
lea II, is apparently most anxious tC
pass on from this mundane sphere be-
fore his allotted time. He proposes tc
take up with aeroplaning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

Colonel Roosevelt announces that he
intends to stay "home" after election.
But the colonel is at home and with
the boys wherever he is. in Kansas or
New York, Indiana or Massachusetts,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

quite as suitable a building as has
been provided for the men. Lend a
hand, therefore. to push the White
Elephant off Topeka's map.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

Miss Indian Summer seems to have
won out in her fight with old Jack
Frost. There's no denying it. The fair
sex is forging to the front these days
in all sorts of endeaYors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

Thomas Edison saws that people
sleep too much. And the Chicago
Post thinks this is especially true on
election day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

And. by the way, one of the risks
of railroading is exemplified in the
fire at the Santa Fe shop yards which
destroyed 100000 worth of freight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news Is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

The Kelley institute SHOULD send some
of it's literature to the husband of the
Illinois lady who insists upon having
snakes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

The gent who spent last Sabbath az
ternoon in shooting his favorite lady
friend, threw away a perfectly good
pistol after committing the crime.
Therefore we are inclined to look upon
the story that he desired ito commit
suicide as a huge joke. He was in the
right place, and had the right instru-
ment in his hands, and if there was
ever right time to commit suicide,
that was the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

That story to the effect sthat booze
is kept in the Y. NJ. c. A. building. is
vicious canard. That is not what they
take it there for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-01

There is a moral in the SAD case of
the Topeka colored gentleman who was
shot by a policeman. 1t is: when kill
ing policeman with a brickbat, always
slip up behind him.