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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

A mans pride shall bring him low; but
honor shall uphold the humble in spirit
Proverbs xxx %. -
An unreasonable conceit of ones
own superiority in talents or beauty.
or wealth. or station in life. which
manifests itself in lofty airs. distance,
reserve and often in the contempt of
others-that is pride. That. is also
why it should be fought against by
those who are obsessed with it. and
they make I'D considerable proper
ton of the whole people. This is be-
cause there is no passion quite so nat
ural and likewise so subtle. But it
should be harnessed into submission
For it branches out into many other
vices. The proud become vain-glori-
Gus. Indeed, vanity is but an osten-
tation of pride. They become fond of
the applause of men. They become
overly ambitious. They fall in love
with worldly honors. They become hypo-
critical, disdainful and obstinate. They
become contentious and conceited.
And because of these attitudes they
assume the contempt in which they
are likely to hold others acts like a
boomerang and is showered back a
Nothing good ever comes of such an
inordinate self esteem. The man who
is in love with his own excellence is,
as matter of fact. rather weak
minded. AS Pope put it: pride, the
never failing vice of fools" Few men
are much superior in any particular
to countless other men who have had
similar advantages and opportunities.
. &I,;, ,Iro
great pains to impress their thoughts
in this line on their friends and ac-
quaintances it shows weakness of in
tellect that will eventually prove to be
their undoing.
If there is one kind of pride, though,
which is worse, which is more despic-
able than any other, it is the pride
which Stimulates humility. Coleridge
expresses this thought forcibly in his
rhyme which runs:
"And the Devil did grin, for his darl-
ing sin,
Is the pride which apes humility"
The man who is saturated with self
esteem, who is SO marked with it that
he who runs may read. and then tries
to make believe that he is humble in
spirit, he is the worst of the hypo-
critics.
Humility should be courted, how
ever just as assiduouslv as pride
should be Stunned. 1t is the opposite
virtue of the vice of pride. To be free
from pride and arrogance, to have
a modest estimate of ones own worth
to have a sense of ones own unworthi-
ness through imperfection and sinful
ness-these are the thingc that count
in the making of a desirable man
hood. These are the conditions Of
mind which make for real happiness
and that's the thing everybody is striv-
ing for, although some, it must be con-
fessed have peculiar way of going
after it. And the rewards are not
small either. for as the apostle. Simon
Peter, wrote in his first epistle: "God
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace
to the humble"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe. I


Bullies are always nice to each other.
Some dogs are treated better than
some people.
It's the shiftless housekeeper who
likes bakers bread better than her
own.
Every unmarried woman thinks that
if she had a husband, she would be
mighty good to him.
If man has only two dogs, his
neighbors, when speaking of him, say
he has a pack of dogs"
You can't judge a fanilys happiness
by the fine sentiments worked into the
cardboard notices on the wall.
Don't grow old: If you are not in
vited to picnics any more take your
fried egg out near the well and eat it
there.
1t is another proof of the triumph of
mind over matter that some women
can be proud and naughty, when they
know they are wearing a dirty corset.
There is a colored man ON North
Third street we are very proud of; we
like to walk by his house, and point to
him with pride: he runs his women
folks.
At meeting of men held down town
this morning, it was decided to make
May 10 Fathers Day. There was no
discussion over the floral emblem. the
voting being unanimous that the daisy
would be the appropriate flower.
Only a few years ago. most Women
wore ear rings. Every little girl had to
submit to having her ears pierced
When a girls ears were pierced, little
sticks were put in the holes until the
wounds healed sometimes the httiS
girl while asleep at night, would roll
her head around and hurt her ears,
and scream until every one in the
house was awakened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

tains any provisions which he thinks
would weaken the regulations the fed
eral government now is permitted to
exercise over railroads. And unless
Mr.. Cummins judgment is awry he
will surely vote for the bill on final
passage no matter what form it takes.
For it is not conceivable that any leg
islation could be drafted which would
weaken the present power of the fed
eral government in the regulation of
railroads. 1t would be well nigh i'm
possible to make it any weaker than
It now is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Even the most unmftigated scoun-
drel is likely to have few good points.
:; n \
Another argument against nick
names is that they are seldom appro-
pirate.
Just as soon as a man gets to Zoe an
expert at a game nobody wants to play
with him.
More reforms would be of value if
they were not directed chiefly at the
other fellow.
Better late than never is generally
satisfactory if it isn't too late as is
frequently the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Not the least significant feature of
the increases in wages which have
been made or are about to be made
by the railroads of the nation, and
which will aggregate more than $780,
100000 year, is the fact that all of
them have been brought about with
out strike of any serious proportions.
This speaks we'll for the disposition of
the railroad companies to do. justice
to their employees, and equally we'll for
the employees, themselves. who have
not been unreasonable in their de-
mands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.1

IrTUIH tHe view 4Ork Press.
When girl wants to see real beauty
she thinks she has to look into a mirro,
for it.
There's a fair chance of man nor
breaking a promise to his wife if he's
in his grave.
EVERYBODY wants to be a doctor abou+
good advice, SO as to prescribe it and
not have to take it, -
What woman loves about being far
from home in hotel is she can act 7ss
II her husband was millionaire till it
comes to the tips.
. A chicken hasn't sense enough NOT N
get run over by an automobile. but il
Is too much to try to drive one when
1t doesn't know how.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

California's law under which the
big ring contests are held permits
boxing matches but prohibits prize
fights. And it is because none of the
public authorities of that state are
discerning enough to distinguish be-
tween a prize-f1ght and boxing
match that all of the events under the
guise of latter classification develop
into that of the former.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

The National Farm Home associa-
ton is the name of an organization
formed recently by some public
spirited men at a meeting they held
in st. Louis. It's purpose is the col
onization of city jewellers on model
farms-a most worthy undertaking
In all likelihood, though, this organi-
zation will not have as much trouble
in locating and establishing it's model
farms as it will in securing model
farmers among city jewellers to run
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

A Baltimore man declares that oys-
ters may be canned and kept in cold
storage ten years without impairing
their wholesomeness. And oyster low
ers will likely pronounce a unanimous
verdict that this gentleman can eat
all the oysters which have been stored
for that length of time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

The homecoming reception to be
rendered Colonel Roosevelt in New
York will make the receptions that
have been accorded him in Europe
look like the proverbial 80 cents. 1t
is expected that 10000 men will be in
line in the parade that will be one of
the incidents to the New York affair,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

The census will fall far short of do
ing its full duty if it does not show
the number of hens in the country.
But maybe the census director won't
have enough figures to spare to de-
signate the hen population. This is
suggested by the fact that $50 million
eggs were shipped into New York city,
alone, during the month of April.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Every Kansas man who does not
like Stubs" remarks the Atchison
Globe, will be referred to by the To-
peka Capital as the friend of Rum,
Rockefeller and Dry Weather" And
collectively the Capital calls them
Wagstaff's "ganP"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
i1UNOR OF THE DAY

Prue-Do you think he was sincere when
he said he loved you? Dolly-Tm sure of
it. He looked too foolish to be making
belfeve-Lippincott's
DO you know, Imogen, your hair re-
Because it's so near Auburn. cornell
Widow.
Not yet" answered the good-natured
dealer, but you can get into the game
deT shaf MaS not P6gy tire to
Griggs..Hickson wants to borrow some
about him? Briggs--I know him as well
as 1 do you. l wouldn't let him have a
eent'-Boston Transcript.
II don't like to go to a play and be
kept in suspense all the time Neither
do I; Last night thought the woman in
hat, but she, finally charlottesville
Courier-Journal.
lutelY no value to any ppe one Mine aV Was
worth $500 to my doctor. Life.
Murphy-Poor O'Reillly is dead And a
good old soul he was. Casey-Yis, and
thoughtful wan. too. Shure, before he
told thin where they could borrow
enough to cover what he owed thin
Brooklyn Life.
Il endeavor not to make any distinction
as to my servants says the new mistress.
My rule is to treat each of them as
one of the family Yes, num-" replies
the new girl, but If it's all the same to
you I'd rather be treated with respect
Chicago Post.
why do you insist on reading that
newspaper? 1t always seems to offend
you. Because" answered Mr. Sirius
Barker, Il believe in always looking at
both sides of a question. 1 rely on that
publication for arguments on the wrong
side. w shington Star.
Macduff had amputated Macbeth's head.
i didn't mind his talking to me as if 1
couldn't stand his hideous profanity
There's already too much of II on the
stager Feeling that he had done his
duty, he then took a 1ayoff.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

good will of the other nations of the
world and he had earned it. He was
gracious king in the largest meaning
of those words. It will be remarkable
if England has another like him In
many a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Dave Leahy has apparently cinched
his job as private secretary to Cover
nor Stubs. OF his employer he says
that future historians will refer to
him as "one of the strongest, purest
and noblest men in the public life of
Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Federal treasury officials have f1gur-
ed it out that the per capita circula-
ton of money on May was $34.45.
This will be the signal for many news
paper humorists to demand their share
or make it known that they have not
received it as yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

And so the hulk OF the old battle
ship Maine which has been resting in
Havana harbor for IL years is to be
raised. Just suppose it is discovered
that the explosion which wrecked her
occurred on the inside?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

The incubator baby kidnapers
are assuredly going to be tried in the
Holton court before jury of their
peers. Almost all of the gentlemen
serving on 1t are Kansas farmers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

In all probability the famous "big
stick" has been laid away for good.
Colonel Roosevelt, in his Nobel Peace
prize address, spoke in favor of a
union of nations to prevent agrees
sionS and war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

New York city has evidently been
reached by the advance guard of the
millennium. 1t is now reported that
the saloons there are actually closed
on SUNDAYS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Chicago will occupy more impor-
fant place on the map next winter in
the opinion of some people. A season
Of ten or twelve weeks of real grand
opera Is to be held there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

woman who died recently in Cali
kornia is reputed to have been the in
famous Kate Bender. No such luck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
FRON OTHER PENS
LITERARY CHICAGO.

1t is not surprising that Chicago
should be blessed with advocates of its
title to fame as center of letters,
quite worthy of comparison with Bos-
ton, for example, or with the more
aggressive aspirations of the esthetic
cult in New York city. One champion
of its literary reputation is a woman,
Miss Edith Wyatt, who has won the
personal distinction of high commenda-
ton as a writer from critic so dis
eliminating as William Dean Howells.
1t would appear that the rest of the
world should eliminate from it's mental
conception of Chicago the stock yards,
the street bandits and the aldermen,
who have been credited indeed, with
a literature all their own and there
fore, unique. 1t becomes necessary
to contemplate, in considering Chicago,
the academic centers of learning, the
popular libraries, and the increased
social graces. These are not incom-
patible with the useful industry of dol
lar-getting, as witness that distinguish
ed bearer of hyphenated repetitive
name who won fame for his adherence
to prolonged duty at the counting
room. and changing into evening
clothes while going at furious speed
over rocky ways in a cab to keep a
dinner engagement. - Washington
Post.
CROWDING OUT THE KNOCKER.
Truly the knocker has fallen upon
hard times. The virtue of the present
day of strenuous activity is that it has
no time or place for sloth or envy. 1t
crowds to the rear the man with the
hammer. 1t moves on past him, leav-
ing him alone with his crouch. The
only way he can catch up is to drop his
handicap and hurry.
People are getting happier, if they
are not getting holier, and the former
is a good omen of the latter They
have plenty of time to work at that
that is worth while, or even to play.
and it is one of the wholesome indica-
lions of a healthy life that people in
this country play as hard as they work.
But business and pleasure have turned
their backs upon the knocker, setting
their faces to brighter skies.
So if you are at outs with somebody
settle the matter with him; do not
bother me with it. That is the answer
of the world today, a good one, too.
Even in sports this wholesome spirit
prevails; indeed it dominates there per-
maps more than anywhere else. 1t
takes the form of intolerance, it is so
pronounced. 1t is the spirit of manly
age, a big age and fast, too big and fast
to slow up for the little fellow.-Omaha
Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Hippocrates observed that Life is
short, and art is long" II occurs to
some of the newly-rich who have been
investing in ''old masters" that some
art" is a ''long" way Short Of be-
ing the real thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

vote against the railroad bill now be-
ing shaped up in congress if it con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
KANSAS COMHENT
A RECORD OF PROGRESS.

A RECORD OF PROGRESS.
With the appropriation bills out of
the way, the Republicans are now
working night and day to enact all the
legislation possible to carry out the
pledges made in the last platform and
recommendations of President Taft.
As usual, this program will be op-
posed by the Democrats IN both the
senate and house but it is believed
that the end of the session will show
years have resulted in so much work
and so much beneficial legislation to
the people of the country.
In few weeks the record will be
made up and the issues made very
clear. Shall we support the present
administration; shall we indorse the
new tariff law which is working won
derously wellshall we elect Republi-
can house to the Sixty-second con-
gress to enable Mr.. Taft to carry out
still further the program mapped out
by him and leading Republicans, or
shall we check present prosperity by
a Democratic house that will result in
a do-nothing congress and give anxiety
try, checking the present prosperity,
decreasing employment, reducing
wages and leading perhaps to disaster
and panic?
All minor questions and methods
of legislation and of personal ambition
pared to greater questions that the
people must decide on next Novembe
and considering that the Republican
record is one of progress, is one of
attainment, is one of almost unlimited
advantages to the people, while the
Democratic record has beer and is and
can be absolutely nothing, it would
seem without doubt that the people
in their wisdom would return to the
next congress a Republican majority
in the house of representatives as
great, if not greater, than that which
we now have.-Leavenworth Times.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
The Democratic party split on Sec
tional lines fifty years ago when the
southerners withdrew from the
Charleston convention. The following
April the Civil war opened by the
firing on Sumter. Between these two
historical events the Republican party
assumed control of the government,
and, with the exception of eight years,
has continued in authority ever since
In the meantime the population has
become three times larger and the
wealth of the country is more than
three times greater. That there have
been mistakes and abuses, as there
always will be, no one denies. But
| the industry and intelligence of the
people, practiced by the tariff. have
made the American nation the most
prosperous in the world. The great
| est beneficiary of the tariff is the New
South, and in the light of this Won
derful progress of less than a half
century the free trade sentiment of
the country has grown and will con-
tinue to grow beautifully less. This
4 is not prophecy, but tho logic of
| events.-Atchison Champion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

RE MEMBER: that denial was writ
ten by Dave Leahy, the man who made
Kansas Famous as the incubator in
which all great newspaper fakes were
Matched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

"a gun is sure a dangerous instru-
ment," observed Hondo Murphy, as ne
tossed together a fresh cigarette.
have heard of lots of different kinds or
fatalities resulting from the use Oh a
gun Some people use gun to XIII
tIme-others to kill a passing acquaint-
ance. but my gun was once the means
of killing a warm friendship.
1T was like this: After l quit the
ranch and went to work, 1 had a room
mate who was a mighty fine fellow, out
inclined tc stretch the hide or truth
One night he went out, and presently
I missed my old hardware, which had
been hanging behind the door. FEAR
ing that my pal was hunting trouble
with that gun, went to look LOT MN;
/ found him in the nearest joint, and
as 1 blew in, he was stanolng pelorg
a group of yokels waving my gat. L
walked up and reached for it, remark
ing the meanwhile: Cut 1T out. some
one viii take it away from you, ana
then will be out a gum He Eanded
il over without a word. and walked
away And he never spoke to me again.
1 found out afterward that, instead OF
threatening to shoot, as 1 supposed, ne
had been cleaning drinks with that
gun, by telling how ne had carried II
for Years, and it had saved his life
in dozen Desperate Encounters.
Hope deferred maketh the appointee
sick.
Why should Mere Man rise with the
sun? The said sun has a blamed sight
further to trayel during the day.
The best way to cultivate some mems
acquaintance is by irrigation" Ano
the chances are, that by the time they
are sufficiently soaked up you get an
astonishing line en- their fertility
Why knock on the several profits in
cur school text books? Consider the
number of prophets in that grand old
text book. the Bible.
SURE THING.
Billy Bicycles was a drummer
And he had a dandy line,
| But, although he was hummer,
| Business was far from fine"
| He could get no orders in it.
| But he found out what was wrong;
| Now he gets them every minute
| FOR HE TAKES HIS WIFE ALONG!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Il don't like to go to a play and be
kept in suspense all the time Neither
do l. Last night thought the woman in
front of me wasn't going to take off her
hat, but She finally did louisville
Courier journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

The best way to cultivate some mems
acquaintance is by irrigation" Ano
the chances are, that by the time they
are sufficiently soaked up you get an
astonishing line On their fertility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Why should Mere Man rise with the
sun? The said sun has a blamed S1ghi
further to trayel during the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Why knock on the several profits in
cur school text books? Consider the
number of prophets in that grand old
text book. the Bible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

The vermiform appendix is of abso-
lutely no value to any one" Mine was
worth $500 to my doctor."-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

TELL me not, in mournfuI numbers
sang the poet. From which we may
gather that it was the custom in Long
fellows day, to render a bill in num-
erals-thusly: "2 / XXI LID $500"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Got an automobile to sell for S40?'
Not yet" answered the good-natured
dealer, but you can get into the game
for that money. Why not buy a tire to
carry Misunderstanding Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Griggs-Hickson wants to borrow some
money of me. Do you know anything
about him? Briggs-I know him as well
as 1 do you. l wouldn't let him have a
cent.-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
A sATuRDAY SERMON.

A mans pride shall bring him low but
honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Proverbs xxx %. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Hope deferred maketh the appointee
sick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Prue-Do you think he was sincere when
he said he loved you? Dolly-I'm sure of
it. He looked too foolish to be making
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

DO you know, Imogen, your hair re-
minds me of Syracuse?" Pray why?'
Because it's so near rn."-CornelI
Widow.