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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
NO MENACE IN POLITICS.

Henry Clews, the New York banker
and publicist, is one of those high in
the financial world, who does not see
anything in present political condi-
tons to alarm the business and finan-
cial interests of the country. His
views along this line are most inter-
esting. rejecting as they do no doubt
the opinion of q considerable and i'm
portant element who are allied with
corporate and other interests of large
financial magnitude. He presents them
in his current weekly financial review,
excerpts from which follow:
LAS to the political situation the
smoke of battle has much cleared; the
issues are plainly drawn, and the
forces arrayed on both sides can be
distinctly seen. 1t may be said that
there is no longer any problem par
ticularly disturbing in the political
outlook. As usual there is more or
less fiery and picturesque oratory; yet
it should not be forgotten that such
displays always accompany the cleo
tons, and that candidates once in Office
are much more conservative than
when out seeking votes. Politics is an
enticing game, and often produces
strange phenomena; it's vicissitudes
are many, and it is noticeable that
those who figure largely in the public
eye before election generally occupy
minor part in the actual making of
legislation. One of the most encour-
aging developments in the politics of
today is the better type of men which
are being brought forward into public
life. The new leaders are a strong
contrast with those retiring. 1t is not
only encouraging, but positively assur-
| ing that our people should show such
a marked preference for men of high
character and ability. Such traits
prove our capacity for self government
and show that the country is not likely
to go very far astray As part of the
political situation, it is also refreshing
to note a less radical tone in regard
to corporations and capital.
Another satisfactory development
is the change in attitude of many of our
great corporations. They are begin
ming to recognize that their great pow
er and responsibilities must be used
with due regard to public welfare, and
that any organization conducted in de-
fance to the latter and established law
must eventually pay the penalty. The
anxiety of many of our corporations to
be considered lawful is noteworthy
| and satisfactory, and the disposition to
| conciliate public opinion in various
! ways is most wholesome and encour-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11

slammed him around without mercy.
Then the lobster started for the rear
platform, and that car became a cir
Gus for the next five minutes. Women
shrteked and men swore, and the
conductor called for q shotgun.
In the midst of the uproar one
could hear the voice of the girl with
the inste .pShe had solved the rid
die. Mothers shoes were a mon
ster lobster! Horace had lied to her!
He had caused her to be clawed. He
had caused an uproar that must dis
grace her for life. He sought to ex-
plain, but it was no use. How COULD
such thing be explained? The I'M
dersized man said it couldn't possibly
be, and the drug clerk said he'd be
hanged if it could. The conductor
also said that a man who would de-
hberately permit a fighting lobster to
get away on a street car was no gen.
tleman, to say the least.
Did Cupid come again? Oh, yes.
That match was made in Heaven,
and an earthly lobster couldn't spoil
it. After weeks and weeks, with a
written confession and apology daily
from Horace-after the mothers lost
appetite had been restored by salt
mackerel, there was a making up.
The papers said that there was
marriage-marriage and a dinner
with lobster left outl-(Copyrighted
1910 by Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
JAYHAWKER JOTS

A chatting dish is mighty nice
thing, says the Dickinson County
News, but it doesn't look good to
real hungry man.
Plainly stated, says the Salina Jour
nal the rats which st. Joe has been
wearing in her hair for the past ten
years have been removed by the recent
census.
Charley Finch has an idea that the
organization of boy Scouts" is an
other plan to give the boys an excuse
for staying away from home and
avoiding work.
The Hutchinson News thinks that the
Republicans of Kansas are getting to-
gether because the Leavenworth Times
endorses Governor Stubs parole Of
Jessie Morrison.
To our mind, says the Ottawa Re-
public, all these aviation tests ought
to be left to Truth, because Truth
crushed to earth will rise again, and
most aViators can't.
Noting that Edward Payson Weston
wants to come back across the coun-
try again, the Atchison Champion says
it will give 80 cents to start a fund
to buy him a hobble skirt.
A valuable admonition to young
men from Miss Carlson in her Linds-
borg News: Young men, even if you
think there is such a thing as two
souls with but one single thought, the
souls will require food for two just
the same.
An Ottawa restaurant is advertising
the best meal on earth for 20 cents
Or money refunded" This is the first
intimation that ottawa folk are fond
of making a meal on earth, and that
there is need for the restaurants of
the town to cater to them in this par
ticular.
That the days gone by were good old
days. we cannot doubt, bewailed the
AtchiSon Champion, when it read the
following: 'An women of whatever age
rank, profession or degree, whether
virgins, maids or widows, that shall
from after the passing of this act inn
pose upon and betray into matrimony
any of his majeSty's male subjects by
scents, paints, cosmetics, washes, artt-
fetal teeth, false hair, Spanish wool,
iron stays, hoops, high heeled shoes or
bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty
of the laws now in force against witch
craft sorcery and such like misde-
meanors, and that the marriage, upon
conviction, shall stand null and void"
An act of parliament in the reign OF
Charles !.
The average school boy may be a
little deficient in his multiplication
table or entertain only a haZy remem-
brance as to the exact location Of the
uaouldy bones Of Shakespeare or Mil
ton, or be a little confused when it
comes to the exact number of wives
Solomon was subject to. But other
wise he is live wire. Unlike Newton
who waited for the apple to fall he
climbs UP and gets the apple. He can
tell you the standing of Hans Wagner
from A to z and knows the batting
average of Lajo1e ct al. He can give
you the armament and displacement of
modern gunboat and dissect for you
six cylinder automobile engine. He
can tell offhand all about the multiple
disc clutch and the selective sliding
gear transmission. He understands the
workings of a flying machine and can
make a wireless telegraph instrument
for you while you wait.-Holton Sig
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aging symptom. The effect will be to
at least moderate public hostility and
to diminish the reason for and conse-
quently the danger of radical legislation.
These are forces which work quietly
and are not readily seen, but the
changes referred to have actually oc-
Cured and will in due time work out
beneficial results. In other words, the
political and economic tendencies of
the day are towards amelioration of
abuses which have exasperatedf the
public, and there is consequently much
less danger of injurious legislation to
corporations than was the case a year
ago. 1t is not intended to convey the
impression that our troubles are at an
end, or that the course is clear. Moth
ing more can be claimed than change
in sentiment among our captains
of industry who are at last bow
ing to public opinion. This in the end
will be helpful in all directions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
HUNOR OF THE DAY

so you are in favor of the women hay
ing the ballot?" we say. Yes" he re-
plies. You see, my wife is one of the
suffrage agitators, and if the women get
the ballot she will be able to be at home
some of the time to run the house and look
after the children."-Life.
well, I think the doctor is about
through with me. Told me my ailnent IS
practically cured" What did you have?''
Two hundred dollars, originally. Pitts
burg Post.
A mother of four daughters. one of
whom had recently married, cornered an
eligible young man in the drawing-room
And which of my girls do you most ad-
mire, might ask?' THE married one
was the prompt reply.-Scraps.
mat man doesn't own an auto and has
no chance OF ever buying one" What
mares you say that? It's easy to tell.
Dioh you see now heartily he laughed
the mud ?"-Detroit Free Press. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
QUAKER MEDrrATIoNs.

[From the Philadelphia Record.J
The new woman is all right-at the
age Of Is.
Many an aspiring tenor has been lost
on the high c.
Turn about is fair play, even with the
hand-ofgan man.
Many a mans eyes look upon the
wine till they are red
There are times when the hail fellow
Well met is better avoided
Any girl believes in love at first SIGHT
If the man is rich enough.
A girl with a broken heart suffers
almost as much as one with a tooth
ache.
1t is better for a man to be throw,
on MS own resources than upon the ra-
sources OF his friends.
viii you join us?" asked the nm
away couple. Thanks, 1 don't care II
L do" replied the minister.
Silence is golden quoted the vvisa
Guy Not when you shake your mock
ct, added the Simple Mug.
NO, Maude, dear; we have neva-
neard that dyspepsia turns the color ~
the hair SO it is necessary to diet. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
working oneself TO Death.

There are some men in this world
VINO believe it is possible to work con-
tinuously from fifteen to eighteen
hours a day, and that the success
achieved by such a process is worthy
while A man died in this city lately
Who was an exemplar of this philoso-
ply. In physique he was almost per-
rect, his mental ability was great, while
his capacity for sustained labor was
enormous, SO great that he deceived
himself. At 81 he went to a premature
grave utterly exhausted in brain pow
er, at an age when normally he should
have had most of his best years before
him.
Modern psychologists are of the opin-
lon that the personal ego is either
mans will power or is controlled by it.
certainly it is the will which dominates
a human beings life, and it is capable
of education. We see many persons
with no stamina at all, as we say,
meaning lack Of will power, while
others have so much that they defy
doctors and live in frail bodies to ac-
complish an incredible amount of
work. Yet somewhere there lies a point
of equilibrium which must be MAIN
tanned. Sometimes the forces within
the body are stronger than those with
out; often those without are the
stronger, and a man succumbs. But it
is coming to be recognized that a mans
brain must be given rest whether it
be by forsaking mental pursuits tempo
rarily or engaging in others of a totally
antipodal character. No man can con-
ttnue mental processes in the same di-
rection at high pressure for a greatly
extended period without danger, and
often death ensues.
Professional men are rushing to play
golf in these days not because they
care much for physical exercise pure
and simple, but because it is a form Of
exercise which any normal man can
enjoy and will persist in. It has a
psychological phase which fascinates
the Intelligent man more than the I'M
tutored. Men who would not think Of
going regularly to a gymnasium will
neglect business for the golf links. In
fact, the great benefit of golf to most
men is that it impels them to neglect
business. Curiously enough, most
mems business is better for being away
some of the time. The busy man who
says he has no time to play golf or
take any other exercise is simply de-
ceiving himself. He has all the time
there is and he pEolongs his life and
benefits his income by taking up some
fad.
The man who sticks at his desk ell
the time is simply making his grave
ready in advance of the normal time.
President Taft felt this when he said
that every man should have from so to
80 days vacation. Success bought al
the expense Of life is of no value
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

Golden raft spells g1ittering ruin.
We often wonder if the church or
ganist has pipe dreams.
Hats and shoes are intended to serve
the ends of humanity.
The average man isn't swift enough
to exceed the speed limit.
Query-Was Lots wife the first wo-
man to earn her salt?
AS a work of art the old-fashioned
country-cured ham is hard to beat.
In order that virtue may be it's own
reward it must be we'll advertised.
The plumber saves lot of money by
being able to do his own repair work.
Every girl owes it to herself, to be
good looking-but some girls are un-
able to pay.
A spinster says a man under a wo-
mans thumb beats two in a breach-of-
promise suit.
Our idea of a strong-minded man is
one who doesn't try to make an excuse
after making a mistake.
When a woman doesn't look good in
a stylish hat she always says il is be-
cause her hair isn't fixed up right.
1t doesn't make any difference which
side of the street you take, you will
find that your creditors also prefer
that side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.I

When women are stingy, they are
stingier than men.
No man was ever able to prove his
superiority by Dragging about it.
Every successful woman helps a shift
less brother-in-law or two.
Men do it, but did you ever hear of
a girl backing out on her wedding day?
If your salary is SIS month. earn
500; your employer will soon take no
tice.
There is lots of dishonesty in the
world, and 80 per cent of it is found
out.
It is possible for a man to be able
to quote poetry without being able to
do much else.
1t always amuses US to see a bald
headed man with heavy beard crop of
flowing whiskers.
Another trouble with owning a good
bird dog is it seems a shame not to
take it hunting frequently.
Most girls neglect plain cooking, and
take an interest in Kill-Me-Quick cakes
and Sure-Death pies.
A man who has had to work all his
life always smiles when he hears any
thing said about a college frat
Seven-tenths of the men who work
for wages, and all the women. believe
they are abused by their employers.
Every man Strengthens up his Shout
derS dozen times DAY, tearing he is
becoming stoop-shouldered.
After young men come out of col
lege, they don't settle down and act
like other people for fully three years.
Success in life is not as difficult as
is generally believed. It is a habit
once acquired, it is as easy as being
lazy.
Wen bet you have friends who say
to you: Il always stand up for you"
And if you don't cut them off your
list, you're fool
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
THE PERFECT POEM.

Into the perfect poem three things go
The poets heart, the love of woman,
God;
These with their light and might and
fiery glow
Transform to singing what were else a
clod.
See how she runs across the grass. yon
grill
Swaying and swinging, lily-tall and
sweet!
What joyful cadence in the wind-blown
CURL
What Ginning rhyming in the dew-shod
feet!
The balanced arms are strophes, and the
knees
Bend like a supple couplet smooth and
strong
The whole a lifting lyric! Who looks
sees
My perfect daughter, hears my perfect
song.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
Amazon Ton1bs Found.


Camilla, the Amazon queen of the
Volscians, has been purged of the sus-
p1cion that she was merely a poetic fig
ment of Virgil's imagination by the
discovery at Belnone. by Prof. Dali
'Osso, of the sepulchers of the two Wo-
men warriors.
The discovery was reported briefly
by telegraph, but now further details
are available of the women who fought
and died eight centuries before the
time of Christ.
The district which is being excavated
is rich in relics of old Etruria, and the
existence of Amazons there is proved
whose remains have been discovered
by the fact that the two women
were buried in their panoply of war
beneath their chariots in exactly the
same way as the fighting men whose
skeletons have been unearthed
The first Amazon tomb which the
professor opened was Is feet long, 8
feet wide. and 10 feet deep. The two
horsed chariot which shrouded the
skeleton was ornamented with bronze
l iron, the yoke was metaled and
the bronze bits of the horses were still
intact.
The crouching skeleton had been
covered with rich mantle and various
objects, but the damp and the eartn
had welded them, into a solid mass
which it was hard to disentangle.
Four pairs of amber earrings thread
ed on wire lay near the head; round
the neck were various collars and
chains of amber, bronze, and ivory, and
a quantity of acora-shaped drops were
found, which probably formed a dia-
dem around the forehead and hung in
tassels over the ears.
The tomb also contains ornamental
objects and a quantity of arms. lance
heads, daggers, and a javelin, while
some of the numerous vases of bronze
and terra Gotta would suggest a date
as early as the eighth century B. c.
for the tomb.-Philadelphia North
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11

Music may have charms to Sooene;
says Hondo Murphy, but al mus s
should not be classed as an anesLnetic.
Some of it is an irritant, ano sol I
more of it should be classified as SOP
producing The other day our KID
ling. who is learning to play dlscoros
on the piano, got her hanos on coPS
of an old sobber which was once pop
ular at the five-cent SHOWS. o,,se
words of it are the rankest nonsense,
and the tune isn't much Tne klooo
worked over it an hour, got tno . nans
Of the tune, and then whineo: Inde
tune makes me want to cry: OI Sousso
the kid got a roasting for being siusny.
Rut after a few minutes began 70
think of 'sentimentals' which have ar
fected older people. and forgave the
kid. -. haor
words which were sillier than these;
wen hang Jeff Davis to a sour
I'VE !We.i1 hang Jeff Davis to a sour
apple tree - song
makes me want to fight. I was never
brave. If there is anything in that
pre-what-you-caH-it influence my
mother was fond of rabbit: put u \
finish, and walk up to meet it. nope
the band will play John BroWns
Body" Mine is not the 1eennR ina
goes with association. I didn't near
them II
IN regiments during the civil war
and am a Southerner by blood, cnoice
and nature. TT is the tune as does IT.
as Sam Weller would say.
You know very well that there is
something about the tune, Dixie.
that makes people want to yell. II
loosens the yell microbe in a larger
per cent of people than any other tune.
There is absolutely no sentiment or the
south in the silly words of the song
which was originally known as a ne
gro melody The Confederates adopt
ed il as a war-song because OF the ef-
feet it had on the men,-not because
of the sentiment. It was first sung IN
Topeka at an entertainment given in
1863. and a Topeka audience com
posed Of red-hot Unionists. applauded
until it's voice was sore. At every
band concert where it appears as part
of a national medley, Dixie gets the
big noise from people who do not
know why they applaud
''There are many tunes that a11ect'
and nearly every mortal, whether mus
fcal or otherwise, has a collection OF
pet sentiments which are touched Off
by some particular tune. What is
yours?
DID TT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT
Sometimes the under-dog does not
Deserve your sympathy bit;
Mayhap the sucker only got
His just deserts for starting IT,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
FRON OTHER PENS
EGGS!

Have the hens all gone on strike, or
have the eggs all gone into cold stor-
age? One or the other of these con-
ditions certainly exists, judging from
the prices that now prevail in the local
markets. Here at a season OF the year
when there is every reason to believe
the atmosphere Of the farmyard is vi
ment of fresh arrivals, eggs are selling
at 40 cents dozen at retail. The gro
Ger man tells his indignant customer
that he pays IS cents a dozen, which
gives him a gross profit of a little more
than per cent. not an unreasonable
earning on his Investment. But some
where back of the grocer man some
body is getting rich off the hens and
the egg eaters Judging from the con-
dition of many Of the eggs that reach
the table, the ammonia-cooled storage
room walls could tell, If they could talk.
some interesting stories of how the
often quoted law Of supply and demand
is being juggled by those who are TAX
ing toll of the public appetite. The
other day the department of agricul-
ture in it's pure food work encountered
a legal snag that checked it from pre-
venting the marketing of what are
known as adulterated eggs, a phrase
that appeals qualmiShly to the stomach
Considering the kind of eggs that are
mostly handed out, the average buyer
will be willing to pay good, rounc
price for goods that come straight from
the hen to the frying pan, without chill
fresh or cool or adulterated or what not,
eggs that cost 40 cents dozen have
gone into the class of luxurfes, and
about the only remedy the average con-
sumner has is to keep a hen as a fam
lily pet.-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

All long-faced men are not necessar-
lily pessimists. They're built that way.
It's the long and rough road that
usually leads to something worth
while.
Some people are happy occasionally
because it doesn't take much to make
them so.
In every square deal somebody is
sure to get hand that is better than
all the others out.
=
No matter how long the courtship
a couple doesn't get well acquainted
with each other until month or so af-
ter marriage. and often not that soon.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From tie New York Press.I

When a girl likes onions it's a sign
nobody ever heard her admit it.
A mans turn to do good seems to him
to belong to some other fellow.
Familiarity breeds contempt" is one
of the rules that work both ways.
The man who takes to his heels is a
coward, but it is different with a mule.
It takes a long time to make a real
friend, and a longer time to prove he
is.
Selfishness is always fighting self
preservation for the lead as the first
law of nature.
A very loud voice in an argument will
always convince its owner when It
won't anybody else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11

1t is no sign of modesty to hide
your eyes when you meet the naked
truth or a bare fact.
John Dietz, the Wisconsin OUTLAW
has SURF endered. The crime for which
over 100 brave men shot uD Dietz and
his children, was told by a correspond
ent in one sentence: to-wit:
"Dietz defied one of the largest lum-
Der companies in Wisconsin,
The Portuguese, whose bravery is
proverbial,'' are bravely driving monks
and nuns out of the country. 1t should
be remembered, in this connection,
that monks and nuns do not carry
swords or six-shooters.
Some people divide their time into
two sections; one section is devoted to
Dragging about what they are going
to do. and the rest of it is utilized in
trying to explain why they failed to do
it.
T. r. should have saved the race
suicide" expression. 1t is much more
to the point when applied to a Van
derbilt cup race.
Do y. C. 8. e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11

Commenting on the decrease in the
rural population, which is being
shown by the census, the Kansas City
Star has these few but effective words
to say: But those who remained on
the farm are getting rich. To those in
the cities, engaged in a desperate
struggle with the high-cost- of living,
the answer ought to be tolerably ap-
parent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11

Those prominent Mexicans who in
surged against the reelection of
President Diaz are moving with their
lares and penates to other climes.
This is the only band of insurgents,
however, that has not won out in the
great insurging year of 1910,