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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

appointed before December list, the
prospects for selling 100.0O0,0OO
stamps, which is the goal that has
been set by the national workers, are
extremely bright.
over 80 state societies have organ
lied the sale on an extensive basis. and
in about 10 more states. Red Cross
Seals will be sold in some places. All
told, including state, city. county and
sub-agents, an army of fully $4,000
men, women and children will be en-
gagged in selling the bright Christmas
Seals for the prevention of tubercu-
losis. Permission to sell seals in the
corridors of all postoffices has been
granted by Secretary Hitchcock. They
will also be on sale in department
stores, hotels. railway stations. drug
stores and in thousands of other
places.
Every conceivable device for adver-
Using the seals is being prepared. In
some places valuable prizes will be
given. Millions of slips. dodgers, post
ers and other kinds Of literature will
be distributed calling upon the public
to buy Red Cross Seals
Among the agencies that are CO.
operating with the Red Cross and the
tuberculosis societies are women's
clubs, lodges, labor unions, business
mems associations, stores. banks, news
papers and thousands of schoolboys
and girls.
Every seal is a bullet in the fighi
against tuberculosis in the community
where it is sold, and a million dollars
from the sale for the stamping out OF
this plague is the object of the Christ
mas campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
PEssIMIsM At K. U.

It always happens just preceding a
football game in which it is to play
that the Kansas university team sends
out a gloomy statement that the men
are loft their feed,% that they are a
lot of cripples and that for various
other reasons they do not expect to
win. Whether it is a truthful state
ment or not. it looks like a streak of
rabbit, and it is therefore bad. If the
K. u. team doesn't expect to win its
games 1t ought not to play them. An
opponent who is whipped before he
starts into battle is a poor stick. The
Kansas university fellows are first
class fighters in spite of their perpet-
ual gloom and pessimism. Why
shouldn't they, if they are defeated,
take their medicine like men, instead
of eternally putting up an apology
beforehand ?-Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
OALCEDoNIAN CAUTION.

My Flora is canny Scot
Too canny. truth to tell
For though I'd have her share my lot
She'll no commit hersel.
I said, ''Wfll you my sweetheart be2''
She answered, "Hoots! You men,
I pressed her, do you care for me?"
She said. II dinna KEN"
What Don't you know your mind?''
She said, TITS warm the day"
1 asked her, VIII you be my bride7"
She said, 81 couldna say
Come. iassie. shall it be this spring?'
She cried, You're very free"
Then tell me. may I buy the ring?''
Man! Please yourself" says she.
Before the chancel steps we stood,
st. Giles Kirk intil
The parson asked me IL l would;
OF course I said IT will"
But when it came to Flows reply,
The nearest that she'd go
Vas Just to murmur cautiously,
Il wudna say I'll no."
London Truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
LOWER PRICES FOR MEATS.

Patrick Cudahy has demonstrated the
capacity to tell far in advance the di-
rection which will be taken by the
prices of provisions He predicted the
late upward movement at a time when
others were of opinion that prices had
risen as high as they could and would
either recede or remain at a standstill.
Now that he says they will go lower it
is safe to accept his judgment on the
subject as correct, especially in view of
the circumstance that it is accom-
panied by the reason on which he
bases it.
The factor upon which Mr.. Cudahy
depends for lower prices of beef and
pork in this country is the low prices
of wheat and corn. Last year grain
prices were soaring 1t did not pay
farmers to keep their stock. for the
stock would ''eat its head off" Sheep
and hogs and cattle were sold because
it did not pay so well to keep and fat
ten them as to sell them and also sell
the high priced grain which they would
have consumed if kept on the farms.
Now that, for the time being, Rus
sian wheat has taken the place of
American wheat in the markets Of
Europe. there is a reduction of grain
prices in the American market, which
will make it more profitable to the
American farmer to convert much of
his surplus grain into meat and sell il
in that form than to dispose of II di-
rectly.-Milwaukee Wisconsin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

In Cook county, ILL.,, otherwise Chi
cago, they still hold firmly to the be-
lief that to the victors belong the
spoils. The Democrats who won out
with their county ticket have announc-
ed that all of the county employees.
1900 in number, are to be removed from
Office and their places filled by those
faithful to the Democratic cause. But,
If you please, this action is to be ia
ken not for the mere sake of the pat
ronage involved. The Democratic lead
ers say the people Of Cook county de-
manded a house-eleaning of their pub
lie affairs and are entitled to a thorough
one. It is to laugh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
A SATURDAY. SERMON.

And beside this giving all diligence
add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
knowledge; and to knowledge Temperance:
patience goodness; and to goodness
brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness charity, II Peter to I.
It will be noticed that among these
characteristics which Simon Peter
urges as being of the utmost import
ance if man is to develop himself along
the highest and truest lines, temper
ance does not occupy an inconspicuous
place 1t is placed by him as being
next in consequence to knowledge.
And. indeed, it is the balance wheel on
which hinges right living.
Altogether too many people appear
to have the idea that temperance is
concerned chiefly with eating and
drinking. But it means much more
than that. 1t means moderation in
all things. AS such it is a virtue. and
one that is well worthy of cultivation
by everybody who is old enough to
think and act for himself. Through
its practice the individual is able to
restrain every desire of the heart and
body according to the best dictates of
reason, and religion as well. Even the
highest of virtues may sometimes be
injured by excess as well as by de-
ficfency and what would oftimes be a
virtuous action may by intemperance
Of performance be rendered vicious.
Human passions incline everybody
to run into excess in all things. And
all excuses have a bad effect. To
curb and control the tendencies toward
them is essential if one is to put his
best into life and get the best out of it
in return. This can only be done by
a rigid practice of temperance.
There are few people who are not
Incorporate in many things, outside of
eating and drinking. Anything that
hatters their inclinations. that is pleas
ing to theri senses, appeals strongly
to them, and they give free rein to
their desires. Thus do they carve out
paths that lead to disagreeable end
ings, that weaken them in mind or
body, that harm their regulations,
that soon make them undesirable citi-
zens in the eyes of others. The per-
feet man has not made his appearance
on earth .ince the time of the great
teacher, Jesus of Nazareth. To reach
perfection in manhood is well nigh an
impossibiIity But that is no reason
why there should not be a continual
striving for such heights. And there Is
no surer way of approaching them
than by the practice of temperance in
its larger meaning moderation in all
thircrS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
HOBOEs TIP AGAINST TT

James Eads How. national organiz-
er of the Brotherhood Welfare associ-
alton, but more commonly known as
the king of Tramps,'' is in serious
danger of losing his standing in upper
hobo circles if recent press dispatches
are to be credited. He is advocating
shower baths, riding the cushions and
free employment bureau, three
things which We have always under
stood to be antagonistic to the welfare
of the brotherhood Thus it has ever
been. A Moses rises up to lead the
doWntrodden away from their enemies
and after having them all lined up,
cruelty deserts in the interest of the
shower bath trust. the employment
agency grafterS and the blood-sucking
railroad combine. An honest Weary
Willie will soon be afraid to place his
confidence in anyone. He will become
calIous, court work and perhaps refuse
a drink.-Parsons Eclipse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IRON the chicago News.I

[From the Chicago News.I
It's better to inherit fortune than
to marry one.
Good luck likes to visit people who
are not expecting it.
1t isn't every ball player who can
make a hit on the stage.
You can't administer punishment
and forgiveness at the same time.
Some people are too fresh--but the
same thing can't be said of eggs.
How would you like an Embossed and
lobbyIess legislature for a change?
1t is better to have your money at
work than loafing in safe deposit
vault.
It's awfully hard for a man to apply
his sense of humor to his own case.
When a girl exchanges photographs
with a young man she nearly always
gets the worst of the trade.
If the average man had to order his
halo in advance, the chances are il
would prove to be about three sizes too
large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Small houses have the advantage of
not needing SO much furniture.
X X
The dire need with most individuals
is more or better developed brains.
X X
Since aviation came into vogue the
clergymen are not the only skypilots.
X X X
Some people have tendency to cry
and bemoan even before the milk is
spilled.
This is also the season of the year
when it is not advisable to look for
gas leaks with a lighted match.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
FUNOR OF THE Day

mo, can never be your wife" whats
Am never to be known as the husband
of the beautiful Mrs. Smith," She sue
cumbed.-Lppincott's.
The Bankrupt-How unjustly are pos
sessions divided! Those who have the
most credit are precisely the ones who
don't need it-Fliegende Blaetter.
Little wnlie-Say, pa, what is a CO.
quette? PA coquette my son. is a girl
who gets more admiration than proposals.
Chicago News.
do you have much trouble with your
automobile?" Trouble? Say I couldn't
have more if was married to the blamed
machine "-Detroit Free Press.
"A word to the wise is sufficient, quot
a lawyer win talk to the jury for half a
day." added the Simple Mug.-Philadel-
.., Mother, send me for the d0stor;n
would If Sister Jane said she Wouldn't
Judge.
Miss Footlttle's reputation and her
complexion are very much alike Mean
ing that they are both brilliant, chr" mo;
they are both made with puff. Boston
Transcript
"You know the fate of the pitcher that
goes to the well too often" Going to
the well never hurt a pitcher yet It's 60
ing to the corner saloon that sends him
back to the bush league. "-Philadelphia
Ledger
us your suburb wholesome" mo, old
chap, it amt. My wife lost her voice as
soon as we moved out here. and
whats the price of the lot next to
yours ?'-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.I

[From the New York Press
Piety begins where fun ends.
Service has long way to go before
it gets to be loyalty
A safe way to stay out of jail is to
be very good, and a safer, to be very
rich.
Most people are SO satisfied they are
doing better that they can't see they
are doing worse.
Any way you look at it, it's better
to think you are wise man than to
know you are fool.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

William Allen White, of the Emporis
Gazette, evidently just sim ply hates
anything that might border on politi-
cal peace even for a brief period of
time. He has already started the ball
a-roHtng in the next big political
campaign that is to be fought out in
Kansas and which will not be coneIud-
ed until two years hence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

A few more Goals of fire have been
heaped upon the head of poor, old Doc
Cook. Professor Parker is back from
Alaska with data and photographs
which prove conclusively, so he insists,
that erstwhile far-fanned explorer never
was even near the summit of Mt. Mo
kinley's highest peak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Now that the Democrats have been
successful in several of their political
campaigns in as many of the states, il
is up to them to show their caIiber and
make good. If they don't-well there
is no need to prophesy what will hap
pen TO them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Nothing quite so ridiculous has come
to the front in a long time as the
credit which the brewers are trying to
take for the reduction of the norma!
Republican majority in Kansas. Even
stranger than that, though, is the con-
tention Of few Kansans that the
brewers played as large a part as they
are claiming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

1t is regrettable that the voters of
Kansas did not look with more favor
on the proposed amendment to the con-
stitution which would permit of in
ereasing the pay of the members of
the legislature. To be sure the work
of the legislature during the past four
years or so, has not been of a very
high order But perhaps if the COM
pensation of the members was fixed at
a reasonable figure a higher and more
capable class of legislators would be
obtained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Some friend,-if he has any such
thing,-should secure a monkeywrench
ana tighten up the modest Mr.. Helm,
OF Kansas City. He rattles. In the
FIRST place, beer had nothing to do with
the rebuke of Hon. Stubs. In the
grade of beer, which Kan
sans never purchase except as
last resort, and If beer HAD cut any
inquire In the Kansas election, it would
have been some other brand Of beer.
BY analyzing this deduction.-and Mr.
Helms beer,-one may discover that
Mr.. Helms use of the word I'VE" is a
grammatical faux pas.
AS the result of a shooting fest in a
Chlcago saloon, waitress lost. her
nose Contrary to CUSTOM she was not
sucking 1T into something which did
not concern her. She was in another
room, and the bullet came through the
wall
discovered that there was gold in sea-
water, died yesterday. Doc Wurtz
never extracted any of the gold, but a
peVy OF smooth sharks acted upon his
suggestion and were successful. How
ever, they didn't get 1t out of the sea-
water; they extracted it from suckers.
Young Mr.. Gooch, formerly of this
city. writes us under a K c. date line,
that he is having a "corking time" He
Is employed in the bottling department
| of Mr.. Helms beer factory.
we note with pleasure that the Par
sons person has been added to the New
york political discard. Be ing a mod
est violet" we dislike to see SO much
Of that name in print
we will beat them to a FRAGILE" OBJ
served T. r. And that is about the
Iast observation reported from the
| oyster Bay observatory.
LOVELY CHARACTERS. Lesson XXI
Endymion.
| *Endymion, of Ancient Greece was
| something of sleeper;
| He said he'd rather sleep than eat be-
cause he found it cheaper
! But Endy was a pretty kid and after
due inspection,
Diana picked him, so she did, to add
to her collection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Most of the political wiseacres are
saying that John A. Dix will be the
first Democratic governor of New York
state since the late David Bennett Hill
served in that capacity. They seem
to forget the late Roswell P. Flower.
a Democrat who succeeded Mr.. Hill in
New York's gubernatoriaI chair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Even in the face of the returns on
the subject, some of the Missouri lead
ers of the W. c. T. U. are expressing
the opinion that a majority of the vot-
ers of the state are in favor of pro-
hibition. These folk are, indeed, op-
timists of the first wafer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Alabama comes to the front with a
population of 2,19S,093 This will give
her larger congressional representa-
ton than Kansas will have when the
time for the congressional reappor-
tionment rolls around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

William E. Curtis reports to the Chi
eago Record-Herald that the cost of
living is soaring in European countries
and has made advances of from 25 to
100 per cent during the past 49, years.
In the minds of some people in all pro-
liability the United States tariff laws
Of the present and the past are respon-
sible for this condition of affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
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 ia 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, 1910-11-12

The Republican state ticket won out
in Iowa. Let's see. No, Colonel Roose-
Welt did not take an active part in that
campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Apparently the man who gave them
fame hasn't much use these days for
such words as bully" "de-lighted,''
FRAGILE" ct AL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

If a calm always precedes a storm,
that silence which has enveIoped Oys-
ter Bay, bespeaks of an explosion of
large proportions before long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

And that beast, the white Elephant,
is slowly but surely being obliterated
The job is certain to be accomplished.
So why not hurry it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Senator Chauncey M Depew says he
is glad that he can retire from public
life. This makes that sentiment unani-
nous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

I'VE may be slightly mixed in our
dates, but we believe that Diana gath
cred in the unsuspecting Endymion
subsequent to the time she set the
dogs on Actaeon, the unfortunate gink
of whom we spoke so feelingly in yes
terday's last edition 1t appears that
Diana had mean disposition, and
such being the case it is possible that
Actaeon, who was converted into dog
meat, was in better luck than Endym-
ion, who was taken home to keep for
a pet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

While the three or four Republican
aspirants are shooting craps to see
which of them will be speaker of the
house. might it not be well for them to
consider the possibility of a Democrat
swiping the job?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

young Mr. Gooch, formerly of this
city. writes us under a K. c. date line
that ne is having "corking time" He
Is employed in the bottling department
Of Mr.. Helms beer factory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

We note with pleasure that the Par
sons person has been added to the New
york political discard. Be ing a mod
est violet" we dislike to see so much
of that name in print.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Prof. Hersehe1 Parker is confident
that Doc Cook did not reach the sum-
NIT of Mount Mckinley. But Prof
Parker modestly admits that there is a
summit to Mount Mckinley, a fact we
had begun to doubt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

we will beat them to a FRAGILE" OBJ
served L. r. And that is about the
last observation reported from tbs
oyster Bay observatory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

And beside this giving all diligence
add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
knowledge; and to knowledge temperance:
and to temperance patience; and to
patience goodness; and to goodness
brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness charity. II Peter ; to Z.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

mo, L can never be your wife" ''What7
Am never to be known as the husband
of the beautiful Mrs. Smith," She sue
cumbed.-Lippincott's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

The Bankrupt-How unjustly are pos
sessions divided! Those who have the
most credit are precisely the ones who
don't need it.-Fliegende Blaetter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

Little Willie-Say, pa, what is a CO.
quette? PA coquette, my son, is a girl
who gets more admiration than proposals.
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-24
VERY STRONG LANGUAGE
Used by Kansas Man Regarding Op'
ponents to Ship Subsidy.

Washington. May 23--"An ignorant
ass, an unprncipled demagogue, or the
paid hireling OF baleful influence" is
the way William P. Hackney, of Win
field. kas., who testified today before
the House ship subsidy investigating
committee. characterized every man
in these United States who opposes
the principle of ship subsidy" The
statement was made in a pamphlet on
the rise and fall of the merchant ma
rine which Hackney wrote and circu-
lated and sent to members of Congress,
newspapers and others ito jerk them
loose and set them thinking" as he
expressed it today.
Mr. Hackney's charges of influence
being based upon Congress he admit
ted We're based on belief and not on
knowledge. He said. however, he had
some knowledge of legislative mat
ters"
w. A. Boyd and Justus Rupert, rep
resenting shipping interests at New
York, disclaimed any knowledge of
foreign Hobbies. Mr.. Boyd submitted
a copy of an agreement in 1909 between
South American interests-the Hard
& Rand Co.. the Royal Steam Packet
and five other enterprises-to prevent
any freight rates being made below a
prescribed minimum The committee
adjourned to meet June 1, when Naval
Constructor G. ]. Roberts will be a
witness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-24
FRIENDS OF PRINCETON
Rejoice at Wyman Benefaction-Gift
of Princely Proportions.

Princeton. ~ j.. May 23.-Copies of~the
will of Isaac c. Wyman of Salem, Mass,
the bulk of whose estate was bequeathed
to the graduate college of Princeton Uni
versity, reached here today. After read
ing copy of the will and the formal
notification of the bequest from the eX-
ecutors, President Woodrow Wilson said
there was nothing to say by way of COM
ment except to echo the general satisfac-
ton that the university should have the
benefit of so princely gift.
Andrew c. Imberie '95, financial secre-
tary of the board of trustees of the uni
versity. said tonight:
While the amount of the bequest is
not definitely known at the present time.
1t is undoubtedly the largest single BEN
efaction that has ever come to the uni
versity. The friends of Princeton every
where will rejoice at the prospect of n
greater development which Mr. Wyman' S
generosity offers to the university"