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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
THE MTDWINTER.

Present indications are that the Mid
winter exposition to be held at the
Auditorium, January Is to g. will be
something worth while and on a par
with tho most successful ventures #
the kind which have been held in this
city. This will be welcome news to
Topekans, for they have warm spot
in their hearts for these winter fairs.
They provide good entertainment and
help to break the monotony of the
winter months.
They are also of great advantage to
the business men of the state, particu-
larly the manufacturers. They give
them an opportunity to display their
wares to their neighbors and their
friends, and thus is interest stimulated
in home industries. It is really surpris-
ing the number and variety of manu-
factories there are in the capital city
alone. And it is also quite sur
prising that the people of the city, for
the most part, are so unfamiliar with
the business activities in their midst.
The Midwinter presents the chance 20
bridge that gulf. In doing so it not
only confers a boon on the manufac-
turers. 1t also does the same thing
for the people generally. For they do
or should welcome the opportunity TO
purchase such things as they need which
are made at home, rather than get
them from elsewhere. And if there
were more general patronage Of home
industries, there is no reason in the
world why they should not develop and
grow. and thereby add that much
more to the prosperity Of the COM
munity.
Already most of the space which is
to be allotted to exhibits at the coming
Midwinter has been spoken for and the
greater part Of it has been obtained
by Kansas merchants and manufac-
turers. That they will have displays
well worth seeing almost goes without
saying. Their eagerness to take adj
vantage of the opportunities of the
Midwinter bespeaks of the value they
place on the enterprise and also of its
success. That their efforts to make il
SO will be met more than halfway by
the people of the city in their patron
age of the exposition is certain. 1t is
to be conducted this year under the
auspices of the local Commercial Travel
ers. They are such an aggregation of
live wires that it wouldn't be a bit sur
prising if this years exposition is
superior In all of it's details to any
which have gone on before it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
The Wireless Faker.

Recent instances of fake" mes
sages by means of wireless telegraphy
have again emphasized the fact that
some curb should be placed on private
persons who have established such
stations for their own amusement. In
one particular case a steamer loaded
with oil was reported to be in bad
shape, and once that she was in dis
tress off Cape HatteraS. Tugs were
dispatched from this port to her as
sistance and she was found at the
Breakwater in excellent condition.
the more readily because it was
had a rough passage and must have
been through some heavy weather.
A number of these instances have
occurred recently, but this one seems
to be the most fragrant. It cost the
company no little money in sending
tugs to the rescue, and there was, be-
Danced With Gen. Lafayette.
those who had relatives on board of
her Some thoughtless persons and
those who possess vicious tendencies
are ever ready to seize upon each new
advance in the way of science and uti-
lie it in their own peculiar way. The
wireless message faker seems to be
about the most constituencies of the
lot at present. His interference with
the proper use of this great force has
now gone beyond the point where it
is a mere annoyance. He has become
a positive menace, and some means to
curb him should be provided.-Phila-
delphia INQUIRER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

pal factor in the downward course of
soil deterioration is its desertion by
the owner and it's occupancy by ten
ants who have no domestic animals
and no money with which to buy them,
and who grow grain to SELL"
It is not necessary for farmers to
quit growing grains and start an ex-
elusive stock farm, to maintain fer
tility in the soil. But it would be best
for the farmers of Kansas to turn at
least one-third of their time to stock
breeding. This method would raise the
fertility of the land above it's present
standard and also be profitable IN
vestment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

And in innumerable instances brave
hearts have failed to win fair ladies.
y y
No matter which way the wind
blows somebody's sure to find fault
with it.
X X X
Not a few people are sure they
could have gotten off clever saving af-
ter others have done SO.
X x
It's no trouble for many folks to
paint pleasing pictures in their mind's
eye as to what might have been.
\ \
Why is it shoe too small for you
never pinches until you have bought
and paid for it and worn 1t half way
home?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia RECORD

From the Pnlla0elpnla RecOru-I
The furnace man is naturally adj
dicted to hot air.
The old maid who plays the violin
is sure of at least one beau.
Even the man accused of stealing a
gilt mirror may plead not guilty.
Many a man isn't worth the time it
takes to get the better of him.
Is it the Beef trust that prevents the
poor man making both ends meet?
There is little in common between
glittering generalities and golden OPP
portunities.
The musical comedy star is always
more exercised over losing her. dia-
monds than losing her voice.
It's the man who is forced to eat
his own words whose stories should be
taken with a grain of salt
The homely girl may take some con-
ISOLATION from the fact that freckles are
always more genuine than bushes.
Tommy-Pop, what is an anchorite
Tommy's Pop-An anchorite, my son,
is-er-weIl, an anchorite is the sailor
who attends to the anchor, suppose.
Hoax-Scribbler is running match
factory now. Joax-Why, thought
he was in the publishing business.
Hoax-He is. He's the editor of a mat
rimonial paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
Heated Room for the Gussli.

When the Russian imperial court Ba-
lalaika orchestra received permission to
come to this country the stipulations in
the contract were carefully drawn up.
w. W. Andreef. the conductor, is
wealthy amateur, who has for years de-
voted his time and fortune to introduce
ing the Balalaika to countries outside
OF Russia. He made very strict ccndI
ton with KlaW & Erlanger, who are to
introduce this BaIalaika orchestra Mon
day night at Carnegie hall. Among the
particulars are one dressing room for
Andreef, the conductor, a dressing room
for the SoloistS, and large room for
the members of the orchestra. It was
while Mr.. Klaw was looking over the
contract on Friday that he came on
this battling term in the accommoda-
lions that must be provided:
''One small and very well heated room
for the gussli.'
This was a stickIer fer Mr. Klaw.
He called in his office staff and there
was a variety of opinions as to what
gussli might be. Mr.. Klaw wanted to
telephone to Bronx park on the theory
that it was some sort Of an animal
that might have been brought here as
a pet. But as Russian animals are all
provided with long fur it was decided
that Mr.. Andreef would more probably
have insisted on a cake of ice for the
benefit Of the gussli.
F. r. Anderson, who designs costumes
for klaW q Erlanger thought that a
gussli might be something worn in a
Russian ballet. But none of these ex-
plantations seemed plausible, and Mr.
Klaw finally sought out an authority on
the Russian language as to the identity
of a gussli. He wanted to know wheth-
er the floor of that small and very
well heated room should be covered
with tanbark or carpet.
It was then that he learned the ma
ture of the mysterious gussli. 1t was
not an animal or a member of a Rus
sian ballet or even remotely connected
with the animal kingdom. 1t was not
even anything alive. It proved to be a
member of the du1cimer family. A dull
elmer is the piano used by Hungarian
orchestras which is played with ham,
mers on metal Stats.
So the gussli is already stationed in
small and very well heated room"
in Carnegie hall awaiting the arrival
of the conductor to awaken the mys-
terious harmonies.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

never force his way. He would never
come unless he felt her wish Call il
you wish mel She could find it in
ner heart to wish him now, but Paris
is not Nice and many dreary miles
lie IN between.
A crowd of shouting, laughing
mummers was coming from down the
street. and the girl. in terror, shrunk
were turning in the way and bearing
down upon her. La Patrie," they
sang again. and now she was dis
coveredi A tiny, red frilled creature.
with cap and JingIing bells, shouted
across the pathway. Receiving no re-
Spouse she called to her crowd to fol-
low her. In moment they had joined
nands and were closing in.
me girl crouched back against the
trunk of a great tree. and wildly
In all this throng of spangled, glitter
ing foolery to give her aid !?
Beyond, the honk-honk of a slow
moving car seemed to echo relief 1t
might be the city guard; it might be
Alice and Val. 1t was manifestly
worth the chance. tAlice," she cried
in frenzy of despair, "Alice, Du Val,
Luceaux-Cecili"
For a long time the girl gazed into
the calm eyes above her. The clear
sky, the moving branches of the trees,
the softened shouts beyond, the music
and the lights-they were as SO much
stage scenery. artificial, insecure.
The one thing tangible in all the
world was the mans strong arms
about her. Cecil and Nice! She
could not reconcile the two and whis-
pered somehow, "Paris-you-Nice!"
He held her closer. Dear, don't
bother-the flood. you know. 1t
tangled all my plans. I am down to
Nice to see the carnival. knew that
you were here. I heard you call. The
cars beyond. Don't bother to ex-
plain"
Then she trenbIed and grew faint
again. and he lifted her within his
arms as a child. And as her head fell
upon her shoulder he bowed to catch
her words, Dear, DEAR" then, You
came. dear" and king Carnival. -
Copyrighted 1910 by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
THE ANSWER: LIVE STOCK.

Mistreated farms can be returned to
their past fertility, and in many cases
made more productive by the farmer
keeping more live stock, writes a
student at the State Agricultural col
lege in the current issue of the Kan
sas Industrialist. No quicker method
of retaining "worn-out'' land is
known than by turning it into pure
ly live stock farm.
Many of the present day farmers
that own ordinary farms are moving
to town and renting their farms to
tenants. The majority of tenants rent
the farm for only one year and then
move to some other farm. They get
out of the land all they can and look
at it from the light of their own selfish
interest.
It is not impossible to keep a farm
from running down" in the absence
of live stock; but it would require
much more efficient farming than can
be expected of the ordinary tenant
Live stock will quickly rebuild de-
pleted farms, if the stock is properly
handled and the manure evenly spread
upon the land. The high prices that
market and breeding classes of ami,
mails have reached in the last two
years have made it almost as profitable
to rear and sell live stock as to raise
grain. The experienced lecturers o;
the Kansas State Agricultural college
extension department constantly urge
farmers to increase their live stool
possessions and feed more products a
| home.
In speaking of the deserted farm
] Secretary Wilson says: "The princi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
REFLECTIONS of A BACHELOR,

IFrom the New York Press.1
Lots of people are good for lack of
the chance not to be.
A woman would rather be loved
than honored, and man enriched
The fun of trading horses is that
If you get cheated SO did the other fell
low.
Everybody would like to be good sf
there was any cheerful company to
keep it in.
man would rather go to the dem
fist than go shopping with his WIFE
and she would rather scrub the fioor
than listen to his ideas on politics
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
SOLITAIRE.

SOIGYAIRE.
To play the game of solitaire
I sat me down in life,
For other styles did not care.
They stupid seemed to me-unfair,
And like to lead to strife
I'll play the game alone I swore.
'Two-handed euchre's such a borei'
But, 10! one day my eyes I raised,
And there across the board
sat someone smiling, quite unfeased-
My dealr she said to me amazed,
And dealt the cards and scored
10 take trick was now most rare,
But still the game beat solitaire.
We played. unconscious of times flight
The trifling tips now known
Just gave the flip to delight,
And made me think how sad my plight
While playing quite alone
But then one day, first thing I knew,
To three our playing number grew.
Now. strange, found this game sur
BY far the game of two,
And when fourth one joined the last
The fun increased, grew wild and fast
Three players are too fewi
They say five-handed euchre's great
only. answer. well, just waltz
William Wallace Whitelock. in the New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
HUNOR OF THE DAY

Tommy-May ask a question, papa7
Eather-Certainly, my son: Tommy
States goes into office does he take out
letters of administration.-Judge.
at took the suffragette parade four
in Be 70 pass opv
but they all wore hobbie skirts. Louis
''Maudie spends her whole life in a
motor. >" Ill, Like q lily Of the field, isn't
not but she spins. Lie. 'o''9
May-what do you mean by saying that
Wei, she's more pretty than s most sirig
but less pretty than you.-CleveIand
Leader.
Drummer-Will you be mine? All my
life will worship you from February I'M
Der The rest Of the time nam am o on the
road.-F1iegends Blaetter.
Diogenes was looking for an honest
man. You don't have to look, you only
have to lsten! we cried. Following our
advice, he heard the only one proclaim
himself.-New York Sun.
The canny Scot wandered into the phar-
macy" I'm wanting threepenn'orth o.
asked the chemist, suspiciousiy. sFor
twopence,' responded the Scot at once
Tit-Bits.
Laugh and the world laughs with you.
own jokes.-Pkiladeiphd Record. : your
$50 you are going to take him for bet
him for more or less."-Oeveland LeadeT.
why do you look so subdued ana hum
wife's folk" -SNashingto Herald. my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
KANSAS COAMENT
THE UNPRINTED NEWS.


There were several good news items
tnat The News didn't print this week.
Not that The News didn't know about
them, but because of the fact that we
MADE promise, and promise is a
promise with a newspaper man, even
II most people think it otherwise.
We were requested not to print the
names or nine men from neighbour
ing town, who got tanked up Thurs
day evening. A man fled suit for
divorce against his wife and requested
US not TO print his name. young
man asked US not to print a certain
story because he was mixed up in it
ana mis- reputation might be badly
bent If we did. A family feud of
which we didn't know anything about
was pulled off recently and the same
gentle request, and we let it happen
again. Some Dickinson county people
recently went to far city and they
too ask that as little as possible be
said OF it. Just why seems to be the
question. In addition to all this there
are several minor affairs that we are
not supposed to mention.
Should we print them? Most people
say, yes, that one person is no better
than another. Perhaps not, but if by
chance the mere omission from the
paper OF a scandal would help some
person it has not been useless. Again
not many years ago young man
walked boldly into The News office
and called US about every kind of a.
coward so far recorded, because he
said We were afraid to print the truth
about people. We did not answer
but a little more than a year ago the
same young man plead with tears in
his eyes asking us to refrain from
printing the story of his misdeeds.
We didn't print it, yet he deserved it.
These questions come to a newspaper
man every day, what shall we do :?
Many times it would help a lot of peo-
pie If their names were printed with
the truth of their actions, and yet,
what do you gain. Think it over, and
put yourself in the place of the young
man or young woman, or the father
or the mother, that has gone wrong.
Would you want it printed? VIII it
help or injure? It's hard for the editor
to decide and the only way out is to
try and keep out of those troubles so
the editor won't have to decide the
question for you.-Dickinson County
News.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN.
The shrewd business man has no
use for the slangy, sporty, drinking
and gambling young man who prides
himself on knowing a thing or two
and who turns night into day. The
young man whom the merchant,
banker and others have room for is
sober, honest, self-respecting, indus
trious and obliging. One man, unless
he makes a radical change in his hab-
its, degenerates into a bleared-eyed
street corner loafer, but the other
strikes twelve every time and has the
confidence and esteem of his fellows.
-Selden Independent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08
GOING DOWN.

GOING DOwNs
Moses bought gas stove tc warm his
bungalow
A highly recommended one at thirty
bones a throw;
Inal night the sucker froze to death
of that there is no doubt,
And the band played Where was
Moses
when
the
gas
pegged
outs"
Question: If Ballinger gets a clean
pliI OF health. what does Pinch get?
(Send answer by express. y. S. post
ONCE won't stand for it,
The missing line in yesterdays
rhyme was:
"A Library. of volumes rare
cor course no one cares a whoop
what 1t was. We do this for the pur-
pose of giving the printers another
chance at IT'D
1t may be presumed that Governor
elect Baldwin of Connecticut is not
making collection of T. r. auto
1t would be easier to be good If it
were against the law, or there was
any other chance to get some fun out
Remember that it was before their
marriage that Priscilla invited Johnny
Alden to speak for himself It is a
safe bet that she never permitted him
that privilege after the ceremony.
WINTER DAY-DREAMs.
The winter comes, and all the trees
that flap above my head,
And shiver in the chilly breeze, look
old and bleak and dead,
And all the flowers that didn't freeze
are in a hot-house bed.
IT'S then I dream of kid-hood DAVIS
and of another cline;
Again walk the pleasant ways of
Good Old Summer time,
BY shady streams and sunlit bays and
tropic coast sublime.
But as I dream of sandy shore and
mighty live-oak trees,
And cypress, pine and many more
I let two fingers freeze,
And ere I reach my humble door my
pumps begin to wheeze.
While dreaming of the Summerland
I failed to wrap my throat
In half a dozen blankets, and forgot
my overcoat,
And Old Pneumonia lends a hand to
get my foolish goat!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

United States. 1t is now feared that
the recent continued drouth has made
probable a disastrous visitation in the
wheat fields by the Hessian fly. Pre-
sumably, though, this worry is being
projected by the crop-kiliers. They'll
be busy during the next few months
hunting up all possible causes that
might kill each and every one of next
years crops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

Don't forget the Red Cross stickers.
One of them on the wrapper of each
Christmas gift you make will add to
Its sttractiveness and show that you
are disposed to help in the big battle
which Is being fought against the
spread of tuberculosis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

Colonel John Singleton Mosby must
have been sleeping for the past eigh-
teen months or so. He says he has
never known another president-and
he has known them all since the days
of Tyler-wifo has been subjected to
so little criticism as has President
Taft. Perhaps Colonel Mosby means
honest and fair criticism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

Perhaps the United States is totally
unprepared for war as General Ernst
Won Reichenau, of the German army.
says, but It hasn't been noticed that
Kaiser Bill has been parading around
of late with a chip on his shoulder in
the presence of Uncle Sam.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

II an individual with sixteenth part
of colored blood in his or her veins is
a negro, as Washington, D. c., court
has decided, there is no such thing as
e. full-blooded American, unless he be
~, Indian
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

The standards reached in the educa-
tional institutions of Kansas appear to
be high. No less than five young men
from the Kansas colleges have passed
the rigorous Rhodes scholarship ex-
ar1fnatfous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

AS was to have been expected all
of the blame for the troubles the Dietz
family got into, in fighting for their
rights at Cameron dam, has been
placed on the shoulders of Mrs. Dietz.
Assuredly is this an age of peculiar
chivalry among the men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

Champ Clark is passing out big, red
Missouri apples to the powers that be
at washington. A few fresh-laid Mis-
souri, eggs would probably make a
greater hit. Apples are not much Of a
luxury this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

1t is quite appropriate that the anti
prohibition campaign in Topeka should
have been launched in hall that was
once the home Of one Of the largest and
most notorious joints in Topeka when
those things flourished here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

--aybe the directors of railroads and
other large corporations will devote a
little more of their time to supervising
the administration of the properties
they are chosen to control. A suit has
been filed by one of the stockholders
Of the Illinois Central against the di-
rectors Of that company. It seeks to
compel them to make good some $6,-
500. 900 which the company lost through
car repairs frauds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

Il seems that the only satisfactory
solution of the dilemma that has de-
veloped concerning the location of the
buffaloes which have been given to
Topeka can be found in cremating the
seven animals and distributing few
crumbs of their ashes to each family
in the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

One gets rather dizzy in reading over
the millions for this and the millions
for that that the heads of the federal
departments are asking congress TO
provide. Yet in the aggregate they are
many millions less for the coming year
than congress appropriated for the cur
rent year. Still, the sum total is rath-
er staggering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

Jack Alternately, United States mar
shall for Oklahoma, is in the limelight
these days through his own efforts. But
It must be remembered that this is
hardly an appropriate season of the
year for him to send his infant sons on
leEnthy horseback or automobile trips
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

Natural gas is the ideal fuel-for
warm weather. But at that, there
never was a luxury that did not have
an occasional drawback.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

In the next municipal political battle
10 be fought out in Topeka, the para
mount question is likely to be as to
where the herd of buffaloes will be per-
rnanent1v located
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-08

If there isn't one thing to worry
about there's another. This appears
to be especially true with the farmers,
including those of Kansas who have
really less reason for worrying than