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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
PERSIAN WOMEN AFTER BALLOT.

That women are battling for the bal
lot not only in this country and Eng
land, but even in the Oricnt, is report
ed by Saint Nihal Singh in the Travel
Magazine for February. A revolution,
he says. has taken place in Asia.
Its real extent has been shown in
Persia in the recent popular uprising
against the tyranny of the shah," says
this Oriental writer.
1.-The shah coquetted with the popular
demand and clearly indicated to the
leaders of the people that liberal insti-
tutions must be bought with human
blood. The people took the arrogant
ruler at his word, and in the fighting
that followed women took a prominent
part. Fair Persian maids actually
came out of the shadows of the harem
and, disguised in male attire, went
forth to do battle with the royal forces
outside the walls of Tabriz. They I'M
flinchingly met their doom and died
happy in the thought that they had
been able to assist in emancipating
Persia
1.-THE women Of Persia did more than
merely fight. 1t became evident that
the success of the revolution spelled the
salvation of the nation; and the success
of the revolution, in a great measure,
depended on the funds the revolution
airy party Juld gather together. With
out money nothing could be accom-
plished, and the progressive party
found itself in dire distress. The
Persian woman, so long penned up in the
harem. for centuries treated as a slave
and plaything, rose readily to the oc-
casion and offered her personal jewels
and ornaments to help build the
nucleus of the revolutionary fund
When the fate of the nation hung in
the balance, woman demonstrated her
| interest in public affairs by thus con-
| tributing to the cause of liberty.
For number of years the woman
| of Persia has shown signs of unrest.
She has not been contented to remain
a domestic beast OF burden, a semi
cipher, but has clamored to be allowed
| to enter public life and take part in ma
| tional affairs 1t was when the revolu-
ton broke out, however. that the intel
ligent Persian woman showed the metal
whereof she was made. Her enthusiasm
was intense, but not hysterical She
| showed sane sense of the right and
wrong of things. and championed the
cause OF liberty in a.quiet, effective
manner. The most frequent words that
fell from her lips were Liberty, Equal
| ity Fraternity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. !

lFrom the Chicago Newsl
lose. Con
not writing poetry. ~
When man lacks nerve he is apt to
think he is discreet. -
One isn't necessarily a brick because
he is made of clay. -1ose
Many of a successful f,,,sina.s
been overthrown by side issues. .''S
Inc more you let woman do as she
pieases the less she is pleased.
- WIN er;n sniitlng scenes many pretend
cd friend shows up as an enemy.
Don't expect your friends to pun vo,,
out OF mole unless you show some dis
position to help yourself. us
~ plane the cat No doubt a
canary bird looks as good to him ss
watermelon does to country boy.
ana many young man doesn't kv,s...
lie Is IN love until the girl in the cssa
nanos MIN the Information IN = as,,1sse
matte way an : oaplo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
HU1A0R or THE Day

wells I'll cont with think the book will dramatic
kind of combats don't 60 well on the
stage."-Pittsburg Post.
Why not?" Nobody und muta rHF me-.
Then there is place in the world for
Kansas City Journal.
st Il never dare to look down when I'm
verdigris. "-chicago Tribune. - '|2'A u
LAST w nsAE y3ss Husband ssgs9s to
sure l heard d. him talking to you for over
an hour You did. Houston Post
pr Do you like my new hat?" asked Mrs.
IT had. one just like it When thew L were
IN style."-Lippincott's Magazine.
Yep Yep; b But amt any longer ..Ahi Re
Irormed? Mo- spent it all."-CIeveland
The friends that one buys are nearly al
ways damaged goods.-Gaiveston News.
Embarrassed.-"were you embarrassed
fully; I owed over $4,000. sIsyracuwse e
Take Stock..,It is said that not one
70 SUI III ten Is polite. Have You looked
yoursef over lately?-Atchison Globe.
At the Ananias CIub-'T amt insultin,
of yer-I tell yer I'm simply calm Of Yer
a mar. and yer are one!s FriendIv rels
lions resumed-Puck.
Nuwed.-.Ah, matrfnrony, my bow. natri-
Inony is the oasis in the desert of life Old
Grouch-Huh! A miragei-Boston Trans
Life Is just one blamed thing after an
other mo, it is one thing before an
other--New York Press. az
Prospective Lodger-Oh, we shan't want
much for mealsl Landlady-I do one sir
you amt one o. them 'erbaceous boariersi
Punch. iS'
How is your last book of poems 90
1ng? Like hot cakes" 'Ah two q ner-
ny eh?'-Pele Mele pen
My wife always forgives NV fau,ts i.
My wife forgets nine."-c,IeVeIssn1d
Leader. ie'eiano
She asked me what feloo, meant >,
ell! And couldn't tell her. I'm
not up on baby alk."-Detroit Free Press
rs the pen really mightier than tba
sWordT Nothing to it. You don't see
any homes for disabled poets.''-IlouisvilIe
Courier-Journa1. '4iio
.She-Did you see many fresh faces a.
the opera the other night He-Ob YES
Some of them had only Just beer us[5e
that evening.-Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
A CONsUMPTION CIJRE.

An Illinois physician has furnished
this paper with an article describing 9
| cure for cases OF consumption which
are not already past all chances of re-
covery that is worth giving publicity
to. Its tri certainly cannot harm any
one who is in the first stages of tuber-
culosis, and if there is anything of eff
icacy to the remedy humanity will owe
an everlasting debt Of gratitude to the
man who has called attention to it. IT
is cure which can be takensat home
and comes within the reach Of the poor
as well as lie rich.
1t is nothing else than a diet of milk
strippings added to the usual diet taken
! normally by persons. The modus oper-
andi is to force the body to take on fat.
and the all important thing to accom-
plish this purpose, according to this
physician, is to drink large quantities
Of milk strippings (the very last of the
milking). This seems so simple and
easy he writes, that many have re-
fused to follow directions and demand
ed specific medicines to cure them; but
there has not yet been discovered any
medicine that is a specific for consump-
ton
ITO get the best results healthy
COW should be selected, one that does
not cough and one that gives very rich
milk. The milk, should always be tested
to be sure that there is large per cent
of cream in it. The last quart should
be MIXED into a separate dish which
rests in a larger vessel containing
warm water just sufficient to prevent
the strippings from cooling below blood
he Ivy
cleaned to prevent any dirt getting into
the milk so the patient can blow back
the froth and drink at once without
straining as this cools it too much.
Begin by drinking nearly pint in
the morning and the same at night
and increase the quantity gradually so
be taken twice a day. 1t should be
taken Immediately after the milking
before it has had time to cool any. All
should be taken that can be without
too much discomfort and then rest or
minutes and drink more and rest
again. and so on until a full quart has
been taken as soon as it can be con-
veniently. In about fifteen minutes the
patient should eat at the table such
articles of food as are known to agree
with the stomach. AT noon eat as
usual
when the strippings are not allowed
to cool below blood heat and taken i'm
mediately after it is MIXED full quart
will be transfused into the circulation
in a remarkably short time"
The physician putting forward this
cure writes further that during the
last fifteen years have prescribed this
diet in hundreds of instances and where
directions have been followed strictly
it has raised the weight and increased
the strength and vitality of the patient
rapidly to a normal condition, thus en-
abling nature to assert her sovereign
right to be the dominating force in the
body and the germs causing consump
ton have been overcome and the cure
accomplished. Some have gained a pound
a day and would gradually take on less
until they would not increase in weight
mOre''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
wanted to Be a Christian.

When the late o. o. Howard was a
brigadier general in the civil war. SO
earnest was he in his religious efforts
that he had converted every man in
the brigade, all but one hardened old
.eamster. Going to his commander one
day this man said earnestly
/. "Gen. Howard, I'm lonesome. Every
man in the camp has been converted
except me. I'd like mighty well to be
q, Christian, just to be in with the 9TH
ei boys. I suppose it's the right thing,
too, but 1 don't see how can manage
it,
The man shook his head mournfu1ly.
why, my good man." said the gen.
eral, st see no difficulty in the way Of
it, if you will just surrender your own
will and ask for guidance.
That's just It, general" responded
the would-be convert. II I'm convert
ed, who in blazes is goin' to drive them
mules? ''-Philadelph Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
Magic Gardens.

"You don't mean to say you could
make a garden out of that disreputa BILE
looking lot? Why; it is covered with
stones and tin cans and all sorts Of
refuse. I doubt if you could coax a
weed to grow there!"
1t was an owner of unimproved real
estate who made the objection to
James H. Dix, the superintendent of
the Vacant Lots Cultivation associa-
ton. Mr.. Dix had asked for the free
use of the lot for one of the 1000
poor people 10 whom such ground gives
the one opportunity for gaining a
life.
Gust wal. and see,'' was the an
swer. "Come back in three months
and you won't know it for the lot
Long before the three months had
elapsed the surprised land owner, af-
liant green of corn, tomatoes. beans
and potatoes which had made his ugly
lot a thing of beauty, exclaimed, 'If
this is the sort of thing you vacant lot
people are doing in Philadelphia, you
are public benefactors.''
Last year, at an expenditure by the
association CT less than $4,000 for all
purposes, including putting the land in
shape and the cost of free seed to
those who could not afford to pay
lied more than $4,000 from their
product. Many of the gardeners were
thus saved from becoming public
charges, new life and vigor were i'm
parted to many others, while in a num-
Der of cases the life in the open
proved just what was needed to save
from the grave sufferers from tuber-
culosis.
A mother and three children, de-
serted by the husband and father,
were almost destitute when they learn
ed that a garden could be secured.
Bravely they went to work on their
little fifth of an acre tract. The moth
er fell sick but the children would
not give up. They were able to sup
ply the home table, while they sold
more than 500 worth of provisions,
and put up for the winter twelve bush
els of potatoes and fifty quarts of
canned vegetables.-Allen Suther-
land, in Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

Few persons are as good as they
think they are.
Imagination also causes lot OF
trouble in the world.
= \
AS a matter of fact. you don't find
many optimists among the poor folks.
\ X X
Some people are not given a voice
in the management of the affairs about
them because of their tendencies to
howl.
Makers of false hair are now as
foxy as the dressmakers and the mill1-
ners. They change the styles in their
wares for nothing better than business
reasons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
KANSAS COAAENT
WHY BE IN A FURRY?


The proposition made bv the Seat
tie man to the government in which
ne o1ers to pay so cents a ton royalty
On an coal mined in a 5000 acre tract
u Aiaska, and which he declares will
net the government about $5O,00O,000,
gives the people some idea of the i'm
ihenslty of the coal fields of Alaska
ana OF the stupendous amount OF
money the land grabbers are trying
20 sel from the government through
concessions. The proposition of the
SSaetie man appears to be fair. He
IN pileIs pond for the performance of
ms ms agreement and all he asks is that
tne government gives no other COM
pany contract at less rate of royal
" per ton, and that the coal be ship
PEG TO the coast. over a railroad his
gum pany Is to construct at rates made
sion. eoi'ii''eioe oii'iAis-
But the startling part of his propo-
sltlon is that It brings to light an
otner proposition which is being adj
vanced by land grabbers and which is
SaiG TO De supported by members of
Doth houses of congress. This propo-
sltlon Is to permit the sale or lease of
AIdsKa mineral lands at SO an acre
20 railroad company, the amount of
lano being practically without limit.
II Will sound very well for those
VINO favor such a proposition to say
tnat II the government can get $40
an acre for Alaska land it should take
It because the railroad will develop
the country, but when a proposition
Is compared with that made by the
Seattle man it shows that the govern
ment would be robbed.
There Is no reason why the govern
ment should be in a hurry to get rid
Of the mineral lands it has in Alaska
II the lands are as rich as they are
reported to De. and Clifford Pinchot
and other reliable men say they are.
why should not the government wait
until it ascertains exactly what it
should do in the matter? Why not
wait until after the Ballinger investi-
cation? We will all know more about
the matter after evidence has been
heard in that case.
If the government can receive a
royalty of s5o.O00.000 from the coal
mined On 5000 acres why should it
sell or lease the land to company?
It is evident that the government
can realize many millions of dollars
from these lands. And it is also very
evident that the land grabbers have
been and now are very busy attempt
ing to get the best of the government
in securing the lands for a mere pit
tance.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
THE TRAIL OF CUPID.

cided
Dan Cupid to try for his sins and mis-
And all of the lovers whom he had derided
were summoned to tell them just how a
heart breaks.
BY millions they came, all burdened with
sadness
That Cupid had brought them through
long. weary years;
ana the poor little god, overwhelmed by
his badness,
Turned from his accusers. dissolving in
tears.
Then up went a shout from this army Of
foes;
Our hearts you have pierced and our
souls you have scared,
And you've brought down upon US deep
sorrow and woes:
But we can't do without you-Dan
Cupid, you're clearedv'
-Latteil McClung, in Munsey's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.
The longer it takes man to make
up his mind the less there is of it.
Except for the trouble people. get
into, life is pretty dull for most of
them.
Nobody ever loved a woman enough
for her to prefer it to being made love
to.
A man can-1earn to understand some
of the ways of a woman, but never the
reason for any of them.
The way for man to have strong
opinions upon a subject is NJ to un-
derstand very much about 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
FROM OTHER PENS
THE BAD BOY PROBLEM.

The plan of sentencing youthful Of
tenders to labor on the farms of re-
sponsible planters instead of sentenc-
ing them to prison, adopted by Judge
in Louisiana is interesting at this time,
when attention is directed to the treat
ment and reformation. of immature
criminals. The scheme is not without
attractions and advantages but, even
though the court retains supervision
and authority over the youth in GUS
tody, it does not commend iteslf as
safe enough to be put into general
practice. Were it possible for the
judge always to know intimately the
planter, and were only the benevolent
and merciful planter willing to under
take the reformation of the wayward
boy, the plan would be ideal, but it is
seldom that good man will consent
to stand Sin loco PARENTS to youth
already gone astray.
We should begin in South Carolina
to give this question attention, for it
can scarcely be said that the establish
ment of one or two reformatories is
the beginning: of the study of the bad
bow problem. The refornatories are
intended for the handling of cases
which can not be handled at home,
while the thing to be desired is that
every city and community works out
directly the salvation of its own boys
without sending them into exile
Columbia( S. CO. State.
THINK KINDLY OF THE MICROBE
Despise not the humble bacterium.
Consider its WAYS as revealed by
science and understand that. as there
are good and bad men. so. too. are
there good bacteria as well as bad
ones. In the microscopical world there
are doubtless bacteria who imagine
that the grafters, the thieves and the
murderers are running the country, de-
pIeting it's resources and debasing its
morals, but meteorological statistics
prove that the good far outnumber the
bad, and that only in rare exceptional
cases do the latter get together in
large enough numbers to make
trouble.
On the other hand. the good bac-
terra are working for the welfare of
humanity. Professor Winslow of the
University of Chicago tells us that it
is bacteria which keep our butter
sweet and make buttermilk and cheese
wholesome. There are millions of bac-
terra, he says, earning honest livings
in every household. While we sleep
countless numbers of these morgan
lied workers are performing invalu-
able services for us. Professor Wins
low has spoken at the right moment.
It was time some one said good word
for the microbe and reminded us of
the poets advice:
Be kind to the microbe; not many may
know
The depth of microbial love.
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

On first thought there was probably
general rejoicing among the men of
the land who foot the bills over the
crusade that has been launched against
the big hats of femininity by the ex-
press companies. But a second thought
on the fact that small hats for the fair
sex cost as much. If not more, than the
large ones will put quietus on any
unjustified rejoicing. that developed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

George B. Wright, state commits
sioner of charities of New Jersey. be-
lieves that state control of cold storage
plants can be made an effective
weapon for regulating the prices of
foodstuffs. That sounds good, but it
is similar to a plan tried in Brazil for
regulating the production and. sale of
coffee. It was only successful in MAX
ing the Brazilian state that tried the
experiment pay s75.OOO,OoO for its ex-
perience in the venture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

The Irritation of Arizona and New
Mexico with statehood has progressed
to such an extent that the bills making
it possible have now been prepared by
the congressman having the matter in
charge. The tying of the nuptial knots
should not be delayed long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

eff there is one woman who wants
the ballot among hundred who do
not care for it, the right to vote
should be given all of them for the
sake of the one.'' says Prof. w. H.
Carruth of the state university. That
is nothing else than pure, unaduiter-
ated "insurgent" doctrine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

Custom frauds in the importation of
mosquito netting showing an alleged
loss to the government of more than
100000 are reported to have been
discovered in New Orleans. Frauds
OF any kind are to be frowned on. but
just on general principles. if for no
better reason, there should not be any
thing like tariff duties on any agency
that will prevent such a pest as the
mosquito from getting in its fine work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

OF course there are exceptions to all
rules and the one to the effect that
there is nothing in a name gets a
black eye in the parsonage of Judge
c. A. Smart of Ottawa. who has been
chosen as president of the Kansas
State Bar association. That this or
ganization will continue to develop in
its march to greater usefulness under
Judge Smart's direction can be ac-
cepted as a fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
Fairy Tales.

once Wnen LORD TennySOn was out
walking with one of his grandchildren
he started to tell the child some pretty
little tale about the fairies and a giant
toadstool under a tree in their path.
The boy-he was about s-listened in
diligently for a moment. Then looking
into the poet laureate's face. he re-
monstrated, "Oh, but, grandpa, every
Cody knows there are no fairies now
adays' and that toadstools are only a
sort of fungus growth
This anecdoteis luminous with mean
ing. The boy indeed. was quite right.
There are no fairies nowadays. The
most Ianciful thing We are allowed to
submit to a childish ear is the tale of
a protoplasm. And there can be no
Will Groom a lullaby like the following:
Richlorides keep thee,
And save thee from harm:
Tangents and theories
VIII guard 'gainst alarm.
1t is wrong, says the parent of to-
cay, to deceive a child with the old
radiant romances. Better let the cup
board of youth be bare than the bone
pc sWeetmeat. So for the scientific
child the forest is no longer peopled
with sprites and elves. and the spark
ling streams are no longer a place for
magic craft. Hobgoblins are dismiss
co contemptuously by his uncanny en-
nghtenment' and bacteria installed in
their stead
AS for Santa Claus, the god over
whose departure the adult voice is
raised in Sw1nburnian lament, there
is no place for him in the accurate
little life of this child of today. Gone
is the breathless surrnise of Christmas
morning. The child has helped the
grown-ups trim his tree; his stocking
III ne hung one up at all-iS only a
meaningless remnant Of a barren faith;
the good cid Yuletide has come to be
r"ereiy a season OF shrewd calculations.
AS a result. the scientific child is
very. Very learned and very. very I'M
interesting. His mind is starched with
facts; he has no more play of fancy
than a cash register. Yet more than
mental grace has been sacrificed to the
system under which he has been
brought up. The great principles of life
guarded by these gay fictions of child
hood. are often the price of the de-
privation.
The fault with the "truthtul'' method
is the assumption that literalneSs is
truth. The scientific parent indeed. is
not scientific enough to appreciate the
science of symbolism. For symbolism
is the art of presenting truth in terms
OF the familiar, and in this art the
fairy story is supreme.
If You want to fill child's mind with
mere facts, well and good. Don't tell
him fairy stories. But If you think it
i'm portant to show him great truths,
you will often have to go back to the
pretty old "untruths" BY no other
means can they be focused. In the rus
tie of the elves wings will he feel
the Great Transcendent Presence, in
the narrative of Beauty and the Beast
will he find eternal optimism. and
through the jolly old saint with his
reindeer and pack will be apprehended
as though no other way the Christmas
significance of giving.-Corinne Mar
tin Love- in Lippincott's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

and will be for some time. The re-
Spouse of the United States ought to
be prompt and generous. If it had not
been for the timely assistance OF
France and her valiant soldiers of for
tune, the birth of this great nation as
republic might have been delayed
for many years-might not have hap
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01

And now Governor Haskell of Okla
homa is accused of misusing state
funds for the furtherance OF his pri-
vate interests. For an hone (, upright
gentleman who has no object in life
but the disinterested service of his
friends, the people, as he claims. Mr..
Haskell surely has a hard time of it.