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

An Alma girl who is looked upon
as one of the high brcws of the burg,
according to the Signal, was the object
of a serenade the other night. In
telling about it to a friend she said:
Il don't think there is nothing more
nicer than to be woken up at night
with vocal singing
There is a man at Sylvia who is en-
gagged in the hardware business, who
went down to Hutchinson during the
recent campaign for the Y. NJ. C. A.
Being of some means and popular, he
was hooked into the daily luncheon,
and "BiH'' Morgan and the rest of
the boosters made talks and got a
check for $3.50 out of him. Then this
hardware man was called on for a
speech. You bet I'm for this move
ment," he said. Anything that bears
the U. NJ. c. Brand suits me.''-Kan-
sas City Star.
Probably you have heard of the
follow up system. That is, if you
write a man a letter about a scheme
you are interested in, and he doesn't
reply. write him again, and keep on
writing until he replies. A New York
man has carried the follow up be-
yond anything We have ever heard of.
AS last resort, to get reply from
an Atchison man, the New York man
said in a letter. THE stenographer
in my office is an old friend of yours.
Couldn't you answer this letter, and
inquire her name ?''-Atchison Globe.
Mr.. Charles W. Bacon, one of AL
len county's most prosperous farmers
and stock raisers was in town Mon
day, with his entire family, twelve in
number, and had family group pic
ture taken. While they were all to-
gether they were induced to step on
the scales and get weighed, and the
twelve tipped the beam at an even
ton. The average weight was 166 2-3
pounds each. This is remarkable
weight when you consider that out OF
the dozen, four are girls, and the
youngest of the six boys is only IL
years old. All of the family are stout
and healthy and show that they have
been well cared for.-Elsmore Lead
her.
When the decentralization local
freight, on the Katy, stopped at the
depot here Monday evening, full
grown white hen was found perched
upon the rods beneath one of the
freight cars, and had apparently en-
joyed the novelty of her train ride.
She showed no inclination to leave
her perch when the train stopped and
the engine Waterman at the Katy.
The hen was uninjured and seems sat
isfled to remain in Moran. The train
crew is at a loss to account for the
chicken on the rods, unless she alighted
there when the train ran through a
bunch of white chickens that were
on the track when the train passed
through Gas City, and remained there
through fear of attempting to fly
from under the moving train.-Moran
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
tFrom the Atchison Glof

LFrom the Atchison Globe. ~
The thirst for knowledge is rarely
as keen as some other thirsts.
When a funny man gets as old as
Mark Twain, it is pretty hard for him
to live up to his reputation.
One of the first things a man should
learn is: Never try to fiirt with a
woman who doesn't care for it.
A nice lady-like way of speaking i'll
of a woman is to express sympathy,
in a mysterious way, for her husband.
A boy can be almost as mean to the
dog to which he is devoted as a wo-
man can to the husband she says she
loves.
The women will finally get so they
will expect to come wrapped in tissue
paper, and bound around with ribbon.
In the books the women return let
tiers from discarded lovers unread, but
in real life curiosity would arouse
them from a deathbed, if necessary. to
break the seal.
81 have often charged that the peo-
pie are foolish. How do know they
are foolish? Because in my Reform
work I have fooled them hundred
times myself."-Parson Irvine.
When Lysander John Appleton re-
turned home last evening, his wife
began chattering away to him in her
unimportant way. eff you'll quit talk
ing nonsense to me- he said, land
give me a chance, I'll tell you some
thing of real importance: the grocer
says he is on track of a dozen fresh
eggs. and may be able to send them
up tomorrow"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
HIGH SCHOOL FRAT CASE.

If several Of the members of the local
board of education, who were response
BILE for practically spelling the educa-
tional careers of the four boys who
were Caught belonging to fra
ternity, are being quoted correctly. 1t
would appear that they are not any too
well pleased with having to take the
responsibility for their act. Indeed,
some of them would seem to be trying
to dodge this responsibility by insisting
that no other course was open to them
and what they did was merely the car
rying out to the letter OF the state law
in the premises One or two Of them,
and perhaps, more, have intimated that
they had no other recourse than the
one they took.
A reading of the law in question does
not indicate that this is so. That part
of it which refers to punishment for its
violation reads as follows: ANY board
Of education or board of trustees of
county high schools are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to deny to any
student regularly enrolled in such high
school who shall violate section l Of
this act Chat is, belonging to a fra
ternity) any or all of the privileges of
such high school or to expel such stud
ent for failure or refusal to comply
with the requirements Of the act"
Even the most astute grammarian
cannot construe that language as mean
ing that in case a board of education
finds high school pupils belonging to
fraternities in violation of the law, it
has no other alternative than to sus-
pend such pupils for a year, which, to
all practical purposes, so interferes
with their education as to bring it to a
sudden stop and is equivalent to per-
manent expulsion. Authorized and
empowered to deny, etc. is anything
but mandatory language. AS a matter
of fact it conveys the widest of latitude
to the discretionary power of a board of
education. The statute does not fix
punishment for its violation. That is
left to the intelligence of the boards of
education. They can make the punish
ment fit the crime, and this is as it
should me.
If the members of the Topeka board
of education are of the opinion that the
punishment they decided upon is the
correct and just one for the violation of
law that was committed, and should be
pressed regardless of such amends ds
the boys in the case made with their
apologies and their promises to do the
right thing in the future, they are en-
titled to hold it. But the responsibility
for the fixing of this punishment is
theirs and they must accept it. The
law has nothing to do with it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A fighting chance is all that quar-
relsome people want.
A cook is a mighty scarce article,
especially DR.. Cook.
1t doesn't take much nerve to raise
the deuce in a poker game.
Some invalids don't take electric
treatment because they kick at the
charge.
In the theater you can't keep wo-
man down. If it isn't her hat. it's
her hair.
As a place of chastisement when we
were boys most of us would shed
tears in the wood shed.
First Cooklady-'.Do dey treat yez
loike wan o. de family" Second Cook
lady-"Dey do not, Oil yudnt stand
for anything 1oike thot."
wigg-"Who originated the idea
that the longest way round was the
shortest way home ?" Wagg-"Some
taxicab driver, I suppose"
Father-"It has cost me $4,000 to
give you a college education" son.
"But just think of the returns, DAD:
I've already got job at Sc a week
Tommy-"Pop, what is this hook
worm that Rockefeller has given SO
much money to get rid Off" Tommy
Pop-'The only hook-worm know
anything about, my son. Is the married
man who has to button up his VINE
dresses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
TIE GREATEST NEED.

What is "the greatest need in our
American institutions? This, accord
ing to President Taft. "a change in
judicial procedure with a view to re-
ducing it's expense to private litigants
in civil cases and facilitating the dis
patch of business and final decision in
both civil and criminal cases. That
is the presidents dominant issue, as set
forth in his regular message to con-
sress, says a writer in Current Litera-
ture for January. This Judgment, COM
ing as the fruit of such long and varied
service as Mr.. Taft has rendered, placed
by our chief magistrate before the ma
TONS highest legislative body, ought.
one might think, to provoke instant and
serious discussion. So far, strange to
say, it has provoked hardly any dis
cussion at all. In most of the editorial
comment on the message, no reference
whatever is made to this passage. When
reference is made it is usually in tone
of perfunctory assent, something like
this from the New York Tribune: "Mr.
Taft does not exaggerate when he pro-
nounces this the greatest need in our
American institutions The need is
greater in the state than in the federal
ScA- 80 ON$ AAOHASAC S0A4 q
of this reform be made SO as to exer-
else a wider influence than in the fed
eral system" With which meager COM
ment the subject is then dismissed.
Almost alone among newspaper writ
ers, DR.. Charles Ferguson gives some
thing like prolonged attention to the
subject. Writing in the New York
American he says: There is no ques-
ton in the whole range of political
problems that so cries for an answer
as this question: How shall the poor be
made equal to the rich in the presence
of the courts? Solve this problem and
all others will solve themselves"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

and last fa1l'' was after the IS per
cent duty was removed. and it looks
to me like the beef packers bullpup
has seized the independent tanners by
the seats of their pants for buttin' in
on the formers raw hide protection.
But one deduction can be drawn from
this state of affairs. The beef trust,
tariff or no tariff. has the leather in
dustry of this country in the palm of
its grasping hands. Whether it will be
able to maintain this control after the
new tariff with its provision for free
hides has had reasonable chance to
be tested remains to be seen. There
can be no doubt, though, that the beef
trust is making the best of its present
opportunities to hold up the independ-
ent tanners and the public. And such
is condition of affairs which should
not be tolerated. Nor is there any
doubt in the minds of many that the
beef trust is in the same undesirable
class that the sugar trust has been
found in. A federal investigation of its
activities might not be amiss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
AS To HIDES.

During the tariff discussion of last
summer one of the bones of conten-
ton concerned the duty on hides. For
many years they had been protected
with impost of 10 per cent ad valorem.
This had been successful in keeping
foreign hides out of this country It
also permitted the trust formed by the
beef barons to get control of the hide
and tanning interests of the country.
The further and more consequential re-
suit was steady increase in the price
of shoes.
Many people believed it was time to
call a halt in this particular and that
hides should be admitted free of duty.
This counsel prevailed in the final
stages of the tariff legislation and hides
went on the free list. The natural in
ference was that this would encourage
the importation of hides in such quaint
ties that the price of leather would be
reduced materially. But things do not
appear to have worked out that way.
This is indicated by the following para
graphs which appeared in recent issue
of The Illustrated Fashion, a
publication devoted to the interests OF
che shoe trade:
Elisha w. Cobb. of the well known
leather tanning firm of Beggs & Cobb
Inc, in his address before the Boston
Boot and Shoe club at their one hun
dred and aftieth dinner. held at Hotel
Somerset, Boston. Wednesday, Decem-
Der Is, 1909. during the course of his
remarks said: Let nae see. It was
about Il months ago that I bought
100000 hides and paid $350.000 for them.
This fall 1 bought 100000 hides and ]
paid 500. 900 for them"
..Fourteen months ago. was before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

rose in a wall "Oh. What must you
think of me?"
He came close to her. The street was
full of people. Some passers-by stared
at the pair. the girl with her face COW
cred, as il she were crying, and the tall
young man bending over her and plain
ly trying to comfort her. But for All
Allen knew, they, too. were alone In
some enchanted garden.
I'D like to tell you what do thinl,
OF you.' he said unsteadily. Some time
when We're better acquainted 1 shall
90 1t. But without waiting 1 can tell
you What I think about myself, and
II s That I'm the luckiest fellow on
earth to find you again. Now I'm ro-
ing 70 walk along with you, and find
out what your name is-besides Wini-
The client came promptly at IL. And
ne waited as long as if Allan had been
an acknowledged ornament to the bar.
r ,.a, tnan beginner with a name TO
mar e--lCopyrighted. 1910. by Associa-
ted Literary Press).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

After all, the superstitious folks
have the more exciting and interesting
time.
! Time may fly. but there is not only
plenty of it but also more than enough
for many folks.
Many people imagine they know
just how to do things until they get
chance to try their hands at them.
x X X
Young women haven't much use
for that page in the family Bible where
the dates of births are recorded.
Some people are always kicking
themselves over their failure to say
bright things before other people do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
MAUD,s DEBUT.

You make your debut, Maud, TONIGHT
read it in the papers, -.
And / know well you'll make a NIT
With al your pretty capers.
And ardent SWANS will battle wen
To win you for dance,
Each browning you IN rivalry
Dear me. how Time flies byi 1t seems
But yesterday that you
Were making mud pies In the sano
As proper children DO.
And then last summer when we met
Though after many years,
All how YOU f1irtedi recall
You left me all in tears
But it's old hist'ry now-all this
no vou-and twas no sin.
Tonight, dear child. you're coming out
TO take another in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

Lawyers of repute have. discovered
a loophole in the divorce laws OF Kan
sas, which make it possible for non
residents who connive at divorce to
get one with all possible speed in this
state. 1t appears that neither of them
would have to be a resident OF the
state for any length of time at all,
II the other one was willing to be on
hand to accept the summons in the
suit for divorce. This is matter that
should attract the immediate atten-
ton of special session of the legis-
ls.are if one is called. Kansas has
no desire to get in the unenviable
position occupied By two or three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHII.oR

CFrom the New York Press.1
F'reckles are worse to woman than
knock knees, because they show.
A mans idea of patriotism is get
ting speeches. with rage over a pub
lie question.
Even a man who can get along
with his own sister sometimes can't
do it with his wife.
A generous act makes man so
proud of himself he is then fit ITO do
most any mean thing.
The dickens about marriage is it
teaches you so many things you ought
to have known before, SO you wouldn't
have done it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

With the druggists prohibited from
selling liquor for any purpose what
soever, it would be interesting to know
what sort of medicine the folks in
this vicinity are taking for the cpl
demic of the grip which is raging
among them. 1t will be remembered
that in times past IS per cent of all
the whisky sold by druggists was pur-
chased on affidavits that it was need
ed for grin or colds in the head and
occasionally in the feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
FROM the Chicago News. !

IfIOII lIl6 OHIcdBO NEWS. =
Whispered scandal always sounds
like stage whisper.
It's better to be lucky than to be
superstitious about luck.
The fat widows chances of marry
ing again are usually slim.
How q girl does dislike riding insa
buggy with q one-armed man.
It's easy for a woman to fool man
who thinks he can't be fooled.
Give but little advice and applaud
frequently IL you would be popular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

Some alarmists are out with the
statement that the prospective peach
crop has been ruined already by the
cold weather. which has frozen the
buds in embryo. Experts in the
premises deny these assertions. But
this much is certain. If any peach
trees in this neck of the woods were
foolish enough to put their buds in a
position to get frozen they deserve no
halter fate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

their business will be. better during
the year 1910 than it was during 1908,
and the latter was by far the most
substantial year for real estate bust
ness in the history of this city. This
is but another indication that To-
peka is going to continue her march
forward without an interruption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

Canada has no fear of war be-
tween Great Britain and Germany but
that navy she proposes to build would
come in mighty handy. just the same
If such a war should develop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
,souri Democrats foregathered

Missouri Democrats foregathered
the other day at Kansas City and dis
cussed plans for the redemption" of
the Show Me commonwealth. Some
people have had the idea that Gov
ernor Hadley and the Republicans and
independents who put him in office
have done pretty we'll already at that
al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

Those two thousand cherry trees
which Japan has presented to Mrs.
Taft and the city of Washington for
the identifying of the drive along the
Potomac have arrived in this coun-
try. And as yet there has been no
public protest from Captain Rich
rnond Pearson Hobson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

Sheriff Norton, who is also president
of the school board, says the four fra
ternity boys were not expelled from
school, No, they were only suspended
for the school year. They might as
we'll have been expelled outright so far
as the effect on the boys is concerned
and Sheriff Norton ought to realize it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

states which would not attract much
attention if it were not for the fact
that non-residents can secure divorces
in them in an easy fashion. Such a
reputation is not desirable, to say the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

DIR. Fielding. a balloonist of some
note, announces that he is ready to
undertake >the job of sailing to the
North pole in a dirigible. But what's
the use? The Big Nail has been dis
covered already and there is nothing
in its vicinity that is worth investi-
eating. Then, too, the aftermath of
polar explorations is a thing to be
tabooed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

Don't look at the almanacs and
calendars which have their weather
demonstrations written UP months in
advance, if you would have peace OF
mind. All of them foretel that sew
eral billiards. and many cold snaps
have yet to visit these parts before
summer comes again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
Folly of the Mean.

John d. Rockefeller never wearies Of
mean and parsimonious habits. In
one Of his most recent interviews he
said:
''These misery people reap nothing
but discomfort from their false econo-
mics. Take. for example, the case of
Mrs. Silas Long. of Sussex.
Martha said Silas one fall day, I
think I'll go and get a few apples from
the orchard
HE looked at her timidIy She said:
Well, be careful now, 81. only to
pick the bad ones
Suppose there amt no bad ones.
Martha?'
Then yen have to wait till some
goes bad, of course the old lady snap
ped. We can't afford to eat good. sound
fruit with 3 cents a bushel.' "-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

No explanation has come from
Washington yet about that two-thirds
of a cent which rests in the federal
treasury. Is the villain who bit or
chopped off the other third going to
be permitted to get away with the
SwaP?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The outcome of the Johnson- Jeffries
fight is as good as settled. None other
than Bat Masterson declares that JEFF
fries will win with ease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

With two primaries and regular
election this spring there ought to be
enough politics in Topeka for even the
most fastidious in this line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11

In the death of Cardinal Satolli, the
Roman Catholic church loses most
distinguished prelate. and the United
states a sincere and valuable friend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-11
HUNOR OF THE Day

Sire--What becomes of all the n,o,a,,
you get from me? son-I give it up, dad'y
Chicago News. '
II understand you have a new nres,5s,+
down in your republic" said the PhilsIeI-
phian: mot at ALL" retorted the Central
dent for six weeks."-Philadelphia Reeord
What is the motto of our nation?, ask
answered his American friend.EBuffalo
Express.
lish budget? Behaves; papa says he
won't buy me a lord till he knows where
they are at.-New York Sun.
81 just can't sleep" .'Why don't Won
try reading the presidents messenger II
don't need sleep that y!'-Houston
Post.
Americas Cup Injecting Sir Thomas Lip
TON on ne the sSsreefsmGiye US lift guvnor,
but my elevator isn't running yet.-Judge.
Blobbs-No. 1 shall never marry. Slobbs
But you don't seem like a woman hater
sex; Bio66s-Yes. and talk in my :1's sleep ee
philadelphia Record.
vo Do you ever J find it desirable to oppose
Henrietta If / can avoid being her part
ner in a bridge game. "-Wasihngton Star.
college. graduate. I presume you have
some tine young man in your senior
ciass?. Sure" said the professor. What
doIin expert" @Washinsgton Herald. man
Perfectly Frank-From an advertise
ment Of a cafe lin the programme of the
Gaiety Theater,. Toronto)-"Open TIL
Midtight."-P
The Best Authority.-AIiss Rogers-How
did you imagine anything so beautiful as
engaged man to describe his fiancee to to
me-Brooklyn Life.
what that's picture of. johnny" said
Mrs LapSling, in tone of reproof. You
ought to read your ancient history. more.
phasis. Chicago Tribune.
Patriotic.-A stranger in Milwaukee. see
ing an 1rishman at work in the street,
the town: aoh. about 5000. was the
* haye more than that said the visitor.
well, said the Irishmans " it wld be
Dutch aei . PHI Record. count '''S
HE Laughs Best Tommy came
out of a room in which his father was
ter?" asked his mother. "P-p-p-papa hit
his finger with the hammer sobbed
Tommy. well, you needn't cry at
thing like that" cofnforted the mother
why didn't you laugh?'' 81 did, sob
bed Tommy disconsolate.-The House
keeper.
Jones was voted out of our golf club
What for?' "Oh, he got so lazy that he
made his caddie play for him while he
carried the bag."-Milwaukee journal.
Judge Ito boy on witness stand)--Well.
my little man. do you know what an oath
is? Boy-Yes, sir; was your golf caddie
for a whole week last Standardization
Transcript
Sillicus-Do you believe there is honor
among thieves? Cynicus-No. they are just
as bad other people. 7<Philadelphia
Record.
IT got my wife through ADVERTISING
Then you'll admit advertising pays?
I'll admit that it brings results. Mail
Order Journal
Where Charity Seeketh Her Own.-Mrs:
Brown-We're so glad to see you give all
the scraps to the cat, Susani The New
Treasure-Wot I ses, num- is--be. good
to the cat, and you may save art your
washing up.-Tit-Bits.