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

harness which is especially designed to
improve the shape of a lady's ears;
this is regarded as a revival of the
old fashion of wearing nightcaps. which
were considered an important item of
the chamber costumes in our grand
mothers day. It is limited that the in
ventor referred to is on the lookout for
the time when ears are again permit
ted to show in public-after they have
been trained into good shape by mid
night harness and nightcaps. The
Nisest philosophers have decided that
it is useless to endeavor to trace the
causes of the vagaries of fashion in
women's attire, but there still remain
a few wiseacres who keep on trying.
Joe Mitchell Chapple, in National
MAGAZINE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
Rippest Work of It's Kind.

It would be pretty hard for an Amer
lean to visit the isthmus without FEELING
a little bit proud. The biggest work Of
its. kind ever undertaken going on relent-
lessly, day after day, and in some places
day and night. Twenty-Five thousand ana
more men swarming over the line OF the
canal, supervising, organizing. drafting,
surveying, some at the throttles OF loco
motives and steam shovels, others swea a;I1
ing in the dust of concrete mixers, still
Others blasting rock loading endless lines
of trains, or digging, digging. And they
are working in one of the most healthful
and sanitary communities on earth-a place
that five years ago was a reeking mud
hole of yellow fever and pestiience. The
government through its army and navy
engineers and officers, has made it posi-
BILE for its men to live better than they
could in the states No private company
could do that on such scale And max,
ing it possible for them to live well and
happily, it has made it equally possible
for them to work happiy-and well. And
work they do.
Letting the canal building out to con-
tractors might have been cheaper. That
is possible, though not necessarily prob
able But the work would have lacked
its unity. It might have taken years long
er. And it never would have been SO
thoroughly or so honestly done.-Gerald
Mygatt, in the Columbia Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.1

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Another thing we don't care for:
Camping out.
Because a man is big is no sign he isn't
henpecked.
Everybody hates to hear man refer to
his wife as his woman"
There ought to be a law prohibiting Wis
1t1ng during hot weather.
After all the talk, the fact remains that
man can get along If he wants to.
IT don't know much. but 1 know when
people impose on me."-Parson Irvine.
Scientists say idleness will kill men.
And Doc Robinson is seventy-one years
old!
It may be added that the problem of the
high cost of living will not be solved by
id1eness
They tell of an Atchison county man
who was SO slow that a swarm of bees
settled on him.
There is always a lot of enthusiasm
about harvest time. promoted chiefly by
those who don't have to harvest
People who really like you are rare If
you know anyone who really likes you,
you are a fool IL you offend them
There should be a law passed recurring
that every girl who has been engaged
be referred to as a widow.
Do you recall how jealous you were,
years ago, of a certain woman? And how
completely you have gotten over It.
The next great Reform measure will
PROBABLY be law compelling every fam
lily to take Golfers Weekly.
One Atchison preacher never gives re-
porters an item except when he is about
to deliver a bacalauerate sermon. eve
don't believe we spell the word right. but
we don't care: we hate IT'D
Ideas vary with age somewhat We re-
call the time when, as boy. we regarded
and crack his fingers about the most
accomplished gent of our acquaintance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
AYHAWKER JOTy

1t has been figured out by the Hill
City New Era that 1.-The time when
you get up has nothing to do with it.
It's what you do when you're up that
counts"
Attention is called by the Vermillion
Times to the fact that nobody ever
got hurt taking a joy ride on a pair of
pillow handles
Charlie Blakesley has an idea that
the town of Gas, in Allen county, is
leaking, because the assessor there
finds the population has decreased
fifty-three since a year ago.
According to the Washington Re-
publican Register here is the latest
expression indicative. of a hard-up
to buy bird seed for a cuckoo clock"
Concerning the claim to Office of a
Great Bend candidate on the plea that
he IS IAN old war horse" the Tribune
Of that town saws: "You know what
they do to All old war horse or any
other sort % ar old horse-trade 'erR."
Six bands are going to participate in
the Fourth of July celebration at
Hutchinson and the News believes that
they ought to help to make it a pref
ty safe and sane occasion. Some folks
have peculiar idea as to the meaning
of the word sane.
my acquaintance with Europe"
says Peter Doubt. in the Minneapolis
messenger, rs growing. Last summer
a friend sent me a post card from
Berlin. and now 1 see Loula Long is
winning prizes at the London horse
show. I saw her driving in Kansas
City once"
A corn story from the Manhattan
Nationalist: A farmer living near
Manhattan was very much surprised
the other daY when he found that he
had been plowlng his neighbours corn.
The corn had grown so much the night
before that he did not recognize his
patch that morning
A rural carrier on one Of the routes
out of Salina sets up the aim to hav-
ing covered his distance of 20 IA miles
on a motor car in IS u minutes. He
delivered SO Letters Is post cards, 112
papers, six circulers: collected IL let
ters, 9 post cards and sold $1.21 worth
of stamps. This will probably stand
as a reco-l until some rural carrier
equips himself with an aer0nlane.
If you hope to succeed in life, you
must obey certain rules If you do
not get down to work before o'clock;
if you get sick easily, and remain
away from your work a full day you
are not obeying the rules necessary to
success, and you know it, And If you
refuse to obey the rules. don't be
cheat and say luck is against you.
You know what the truth is; admit it.
If you don't the neighbors will
Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
HUNOR OF TIE DAY

''I understand you have a fine track
team here said the visitor to the man
who was showing him over the college
campus What Individual holds most Of
answered his guide, after due elaboration.
Buffalo Express.
We'll. Willie, I hear you have a new
baby at your house" YEP What is
it bein' an ultimate consumer."-Chfcago
Record-Herald.
''Sir, I have grown gray in your SER
mary to asking for raise. II was in
tending to speak to you about that" re
sponded the head Of the firm. Get a
bottle of hair dye Otherwise the junior
with younger manipulating Post
TIL ewrong Excuse.-.'who has broken
the milk jug?" The cat knocked that
down. madame" What cat?'' Haven't
The observation-disclosures you can't
have any more pennies today. The Spoilt
Child-If you don't give me one I'll wake
the baby.-Brooklyn Life.
1t Comes High.-Howard-wha would
you say If you were asked to give an
illustration of the unattainable? Coward
We'll, I always used to give champagne,
but now I've changed it to steak.-Lippin-
colts.
Father. what do you wish me to be
when L grow up?" THE same as am.
my . son-a lawyer" .,., Then, instead 10; Of
geography and such truck, I'd better. be
getting at the hypothetical question
hadn't T?'-Judge's Library.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
LFrom the Philadelphia Record

Driven to drink-brewery horses.
Good form in bathing suits depends on
the anatomy of the girls who wear them
The world is apt to smoker when cook
ing school teacher suffers from dyspepsia.
No, Maude, dear, we shouldn't say that
having bw legs gives man an arch look.
The impecunious lodger says the weather
is almost as unsettled as his board BILL
The rolling stone may gather no moss,
but it gets to be pretty smooth PROPOSE
ton.
1t is gratifying to hear a man say
After you" unless he happens to be a
bill collector.
1t isn't until a man is in love with a
girl that she feels privileged to make a
fool of him.
The girl with a turned-up nose may
console herself with the thought that her
mouth was just made for kisses.
Wigwag-'Don't you admire girls with
beautiful pink complexions?" Harduppe-
Yes but not so much as girls with beau
tiful greenbacks.
Hoax-"Here's an article in the paper
that says tea drinking dulls the wits
Joax-''Yes. 1 suppose lots of people pre-
fer oolong to repartee."
Miss Antique-'I had horrible dream
last night; 1 woke up and my teeth were
chattering." Miss Caustique-"Could you
hear them all the way across the room
from the bureau?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

when she stood so near him, but per-
haps he's almost blind"
A tree on the other side of the river
was struck by a thunderbolt, and the
old mill shook and trembled.
The girl screamed OUT and the next
moment she felt a hand on hers. 1t
must be the strangers.
Say. it was mean of mel" she said as
the thunder died away.
No answer. but he held the hand with
firmer pressure.
and was sn mad about hs Il. Girls DO get mad
sometimes. you know That Is l do; 1
stood and stood and stood, ana you
But I'm going to be killed. and don't
all that stun into the river to spite you:
would you do IKE that?'
H'mi Him. was the reply.
\ N guess 1Sss So Gah Il f1 try. .aiA
. .And can you see and hearT
..Will-win the lightning hit the mill r
IT don't think SO. The. worst seems to
Then, SIR said Miss Kitty. as she
pulled her hand away and reached her
feet, IF am not to be struck ana Kill
to me?"
oh. saw at once that you were snip
a peg. I am Mr. Charles Earle, of Bos-
ton. and I believe you are Miss KITTY
HavenS.'
mo, sir, I am Miss Snippy Ravens, and
you please to remember it! You can re-
turn to your fishing'
But, Miss Havens-"
And I. sir, am going homer?
But during the storm
But the storm has passed and 1 am
snippyI Fish, sir-fish!"
And two years later, when they finally
became engaged, the snippy girl said to
the artist:
IF you hadn't tried to take me down a
peg we might have been married q whole
year ago. That is, we might if there had
been a thunderstorm and preacher to-
gether!"- 1870 by Assoclat-
ed Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

A girl whose sole stock in trade is
beauty hasn't very valuable assets.
=
This is also the season of the year
for many and varied matrimonial en-
gagements that never pan out.
4 4
Too many people make the mistake
of attempting to begin things at the
middle or near the end.
n ::
It's regrettable that everybody Is not
always of a mind to assume the ex-
preston they try to when they have
their pictures taken
4 X
Some folks are mean enough to get
a lot of satisfaction in going to a
store and asking the proprietor for
something they know he hasn't on
hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
Breeding Army Houses.

A modern army requires vast num-
bers of horses not only in time of war,
but also in time of peace to furnish
remounts for the cavalry and field ar
tjllery and draft and saddle animals
for other purposes. The military SER
ice requires a particular kind of horse
with qualities differing somewhat from
those required for civilian use; conse-
quently most nations raise their own
horses for the army. 1t is very i'm
portant in timeN of war that every ma
ton should be able to supply it's own
army with all the horses needed for
the field and not be dependent on any
ether nation.
Until recently the United States had
taken no steps to establish breeding
farms for horses for the army but
lately study of the subject by the gen
eral staff has emphasized the fact that
such establishments are absolutely nee
essary not only to mt out our armies
but also to keep them supplied with
serviceable animals in time of war
Recently the Quartermaster general of
the army entered into negotiations with
the department of agriculture and Sc
lected representatives to undertake the
development of a system by which the
department of agriculture would be
able to breed horse suitable for mil
itary purposes. The department of ag-
riculture will be represented in this
work by the animal huSbandman of
that department, George NJ. Rommel.
and the quartermasters department by
q cavalry officer, Capt. Casper H. Con-
rad, Jr., now on duty to purchase
horses for the army. Army remount
depots have been established at Forts
Keogh and Reno and elsewhere.
The establishment of horse breeding
farms for the army has been advoca-
ted for a number of years in this coun-
try, especially by the cavalry and the
quartermaster's department, and sew
oral years ago General Carter on his
way to the Philippines was directed to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
NIGHT.

At nighttime as L lie awake,
Alone with silence and the stars,
My spirit scars beyond the bars
Wherewith mankind their prisons make.
Slaves or our passions, our whole lives
Were worn and wasted in duress
But for that silent monitress
Whose touch the TROUBLED spirit shrives.
Then, Lady Night. tender and calm,
Out of the rush of worldly things
1 shelter meath thy quiet wings
And in my soul receive thy balm.
So when the ardent sun all day
Has wrapped in flames leaf, herb and
flower
Till roses languish in the bower
And stricken lilies swoon away;
When lawn and close are wan and dry,
And life is ebbing to an end,
Comes, lowering softly, Night, the friend,
To succor and revivify.
From her cool fingers drops the dew,
Beneath her shroud tired nature sleeps,
Till up to meet the dawn, she leaps,
Hope, strength and gladness born anew.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.J
Sunny-faced people seldom possess shady
characters.
A girl thinks it romantic to be married.
until she is
Many a man who looks like 80 cents
can't even raise nickel
Unsalaried offices most frequently have
occasion to seek the man.
His Satanic majesty holds the mortgage
on many rich mans property.
A jealous woman with handsome hus-
band is entitled to lot OF sympathy
You would never suspect how smart
some people are if they didn't tell you.
It's difficult for a girl to cultivate her
voice and her friends at the same time
And the things that do not concern a
woman are generally the things that give
her the most concern.
If girl with dimple still retains it
five years after marriage it's proof posi-
tive that her marriage wasn't q failure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

enormous battleships as they could be
snuffed out of existence by az little
bomb which could be dropped on them
from flying machines. Mr.. Curtiss has
been experimenting recently with
dropping missiles from his aircraft
and he has come to the conclusion
that aeroplanes are yet far from the
mark of being effective engines of war.
Before they are developed to such a
stage they must be built to carry an
extra man and a gun which can be
trained straight downward. And so
with aeroplanes, as with all most other
contrivances, things are not always as
they seem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
ERON OTHER PENS
MISUSE OF FREE POsTAcE


There is probably no privilege accord
ed 10 representatives of the govern
ment which is more recklessly utilized
IMAM the penalty envelope, in which
. olIiclaI communications may be sent
without cost through the mails. It not
lnfrequently occurs that these penalty
envelopes carry material in no sense
official. 1t ought to be an easy matter
for the authorities to establish rules
which shall be safe and certain euide
to those who have the right to use the
penalty envelope on any occasion.
A recent instance which has engaged
the attention of the war department is
tnat OF an army chaplain who has been
circulating literature under the penalty
cover. This has been without cost 70
him or those who were interested in his
work, but the information sent out was
not official. The fact that the object OF
the literature was of a benevolent char
acter and entitled to announcement
and support enters in no way into the
situation. 1t has been properly decided
that the rules attaching to the use of
the penalty envelope do not permit the
chaplain to send out circulars or other
forms of communication without the
regular postage
Unless the postal authorities draw
the line rigidly, there will be no end to
the abuse of the official prerogative,
and there Is no more reason why an
army chaplain, because he happens to
be connected with the military estab-
Eshment, should send his literature, for
whatever worthy motive it may be,
without the payment of postage than
any other clergyman who may not be
connected with the army or the navy
Washington Herald.
IMPROVING THE WATERWAYS.
When President Taft declared that he
would not again sign a rivers and har-
bors bill which provided for miscel1an-
eouS improvements whose merits were
unknown and whose relative import
ance to other projects was small, he
pointed out the evil and unbusiness-like
nature of our present system. We
should have waterways commission in
the full sense of the word 1t should
be empowered to investigate and pass
upon all desired Improvements and rec
ommends all projects.
1t should prepare a harmonious plan
for developing the water transportation
system of the entire country, and make
recommendations to congress of spe-
cific plans to be pushed to completion
and then it should do the work when
congress provides the funds. The old
system of leaving matters in the hands
of congressional committees and the
army engineer corps has been wasteful
and non-productive in the extreme We
have expended a maximum of money
over a long period of time, with the
minimum of accomplishment. Projects
have dragged along for years without
completion, costing several times as
much as would be required were they
handled in practical way and pushed
to completion. Important projects have
been held up or dribbled along and I'M
important ones have been given prefer
ence. The money we have expended
during the past half century would
have accomplished far more and done
it much more quickly had the whole
matter been in the hands of RESPONSE
BILE commission empowered to plan and
to execute.-St. Louis Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

That crash in stocks which happen
ed in Wall street last week really did
not do much damage to any portion
of the people of the land except the
spectators. And they don't amount
TO much except that the substantial
business interests of the country ap-
pear to pay too much and unnecessary
attention to them. Occasionally, the
fiurries in Wall street reflect the con-
dition and the sentiment in the BUSH
ness world, like, for instance. when a
real financial panic comes along. But
most of the ups and downs in Wall
street cause needless worry to the
business world outside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

Hot weather is not only good for
the crops. 1t is also fine for business
and has given a much needed stimu-
lation to the retail trade of the coun-
try, which had been unusually dull
because of the unreasonable weather
which prevailed during the spring
months. Therefore, let's grin and
bear it, remembering the words of
that rather objectionable comedian
who once remarked: Whether it's
cold or whether it's hot. we must have
weather, whether or not"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

President Taft's tariff experts are
already at work investigating the cost
of production abroad and in this coun-
try so that data can be compiled on
which there can be a scientific revision
OF the tariff, in order taht none of its
schedules may give overprotection. 1t
is expected that the presidents COM
mission will be ready to make quite
a comprehensive report by the time
congress convenes again. What have
the critics of President Taft, who have
been insisting that he is not dealing
honestly with the people in the matter
of tariff revision, got to say to this?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate OF ten cents
a week or thirty cents a month (by
mail onIy.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State Journal will be to you like
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

Ed Howe of the Atchison Globe is
also of the opinion that the $3.50 a
month which Mr.. Dolley, the bank
commissioner, uses for postage" is
an excessive sum for such a purpose.
But Brother Howe overlooks the point
that Mr.. Dolley. being a reformer, has
a new and larger meaning for the
word postage" For instance he uses
some of this money that he takes
from the state treasury for postage"
for additional stenographic help and
other things which are needed to
create material for sending by post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

Archaeologists have been unable SO
far to decipher the Hittite hieroglyph
les. but Professor Babe of the Univer-
sity of California believes that the
problem may be solved If "bilingual
hieroglyphics" involving both Hittite
and Aranaic signs are unearthed. Not
only that, but Professor Babe, brave
man that he is, is going after them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.1

IFrom the New York Press.1
A girl usually knows too much to let
a man find it out
Next too being rich himself man would
rather nobody else was.
A man doesn't seem to think bad Ian
guage can do its work unless it's very
loud as we'll
man can always pity any woman for
what she has to go through unless he is
married to her.
Relatives are very useful to make you
feel how much worse of you could be to
have q few more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05

Hats off to Mr.. johnson. mayor of
Chester, Pa. He has decided that
marriage is anything but a farce. He
is going to see to it that brides and
bridegrooms can go their way in that
town undisturbed by any indignities
which their misguided friends and ac-
nuaintances might desire to offer them.