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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
AYHAWKER JOTS

1t is the opinion of the. Ottawa
Herald that "a jay driver should not
be shot until it is learned whether he
is doing the best he can"
st was so blamed contrary today" a
Lawrence man is being quoted as say
ing. that I actually argued with my
wife that Cook discovered the North
pole
"a large picture of Mrs. Shackleton,
wife of the explorer. is now being
printed in the newspapers, and any
body seeing it can understand why her
husband travelled as far from home as
possible" says the Empcria Gazette
which is disposed to be a trifle unkind
once in a while
One trouble about the headlines in
some papers is that they are not ex-
plicit enough. "Sponging and Shrink
ing is the catch line that appears in
a Kansas paper this week and indi-
Gates scandal story about the town
deadbeat. But when you read the ar
ticle you find it an advertisement OF
some kind of wool cloth.-Leaven-
worth Times.
night" the Vinland Vine quotes Bill
Sincaller as saying. 'I dreamed that
was sitting in my Office when a man
came in from the year 1910 and an
other from the year 2010. For some
reason these two men sat down and
tention to me. The man from the past
century was so crude that I had to
laugh at him and the man from to-
morrow was so far advanced over me
that I crouched down in my chair to
keep him from seeing me-"
When Jack Silliman was a travelling
man, says the Concordia KanSan. he
had a custom of demonstrating certain
makes of revolvers which his firm car
ried in stock: at the different towns he
went back of the hardware stores and
fired at targets to show how well his
revolver worked. At Concordia. when
he was shooting, the town marshal ar
rested him. and he was fined SO for
discharging firearms in the city limits.
1t was all a put-up joke, and that night
he was invited to Dutch lunch which
had been purchased with the $40 fine.
That was in the days of practical
| jokes
Inasmuch as the Independence Re-
porter is supposed to get its inspira-
ton direct from Standard Oil head
quarters, Charles Blakesley saws this
gasoline item from its columns may be
\ regarded as significant: There is a
fortune bottled UP for the man who
can invent a substitute for gasoline
| The future auto car owner must either
expect to pay so to 75 cents a gallon
| for gasoline. find some other kind OF
| fuel, or the steam or electric car must
| inevitably displace the gasoline car
The manufacturers of gasoline frankly
admit that the marvellous growth OF
gasoline consumption is worrying them
not little.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

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write to me and apologize. / thought,
of course he would, but he hasn't"
In the days that followed. the kitten
and the girl sat often together on the
sands. Both of the men had left. and the
girl was very lonely. Now and then she
played with, the kitten, but usually she
The kitten played, however. racing up
and down the sands, chasing the waves,
leaping after every stray thing that flut-
tered in the wind
One day there came flying down the
beach bit of yellowed paper. The kit
ten pursued it, leaping high in the air
strong breeze. She flattened herself on
top of it when she had gained possession
The girl laughed at her antics and. grow
ing interested, caught up the bit. of paper
crushing it. In ball to throw toward the
eager animal. As she did it, line, OF
writing. caught her eye. 1t was familiar
masculine scrawl With eager haste she
opened it and read the letter that the kit
ten had drawn from the hole two weeks
before.
Why the girl murmured, "he did
write and he begged my pardon.
The kitten sat and looked at her. she
had been a silent witness to the whole
story, the petty quarrel, the tragedy OF
parting and of loneliness which had fol-
lowed. To her the letter had been play
thing; to. the girl it meant life,
The girl flung her arms out with glad
gesture toward the sea. Il shall write
to him tonight" she said, ''and tomorrow,
oh, waves, you shall bring him back TO
me-"
She sped toward the hotel and the kit
ten was forgotten. But the kitten was
content. For her there was the sand, the
sea and the wild song of the waves and
of the ind.-(Copyrighted. 1910, by AS
ISOLATED PresS.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
WEST POINTS OPPORTUNITIES.

The. course of instruction in the
United States Military academy at
West Point, provides an education of
which any young man may feel
proud, write H. H. Windsor in the
June Popular Mechanics. Few schools
in the world occupy sites which COM
pare with it in beauty, while the
buildings, equipment and historical as
sociations stimulate enthusiasm and
ambition The training of body and
mind are both Of the highest order.
The young graduate from West Point
commands attention and respect not
enjoyed by those emerging from col
leges and universities. His services
are in demand, for he is known to be
strong physically and has been taught
how to do things, and do them
promptly.
1t is, therefore, surprising that the
West Point classes are below their
full quota. Not so many years ago
scores of bright, ambitious boys were
bending every energy to secure an ap-
pointment, and the few successful
ones were the envy of hundreds. Evil
IDENTITY the difficulty of securing the
scholarship has in these days been
overestimated. or there would now be
the long waiting list of a few years
ago. Each state is entitled to but two
scholarships each year, to which are
added forty from the country at large.
Appointment is by the president, US
ualIy upon recommendation of SEN
ator or representative.
| At the present time there are "a
vacancies which cannot be filled IN
| toe
are due partly to some states having
failed to furnish their quota this year
and partly to students who have drop
ped out for one reason or another.
Colonel Scott, superintendent of the
academy, has recommended to the
house committee. which is considering
a bill to change present conditions of
admission, that where an appointee
fails to enter, the man standing sec
ond in the same examination for en-
trance be appointed to the vacancy
thus caused. The recommendation is
excellent and should be adopted.
/ The number of graduated cadets for
eleven years past has averaged As per
year short of the number required to
fill ordinary vacancies and 172 short
of the numbers required to fill al va
cancies. During the past eight years
lS7,5OO,0 600 has been appropriated for
additional buildings and improve
ments at West Point, but without pro-
viding legislation for a larger number
of students Hence, the new barracks
with a capacity of 312 cadets is oc.
cupied by only 81 cadets. Major Gen
eraI Bell has formulated a plan where.
by the number of graduates may be
i;,a-aaSad % nor cant at an addftiOna
expenditure of only l per cent
A four years course of such train.
ing as our government provides a
West Point where not only all ex'
lpenses are paid but the student is ac
! ltually paid money for his attendance
!. surely offers attractions which, i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
tFrom the Philadelphia Record.

(From the Philadelphia Record.)
Cradles should always be marked
down to bedrock prices
It's the man with loose morals who
generally gets into tight place.
People who flatter always hope
that the flattery may prove boom
erang.
If man wants to know what a
woman really thinks of him he
should make her mad.
From a practical point of view the
lay of the nightingale isn't in it
with the lay of the hen.
BIobbs-FUglicus boasts that he is
self-made man." Slobbs- well, if
/ had a face like his 1 wouldn't go
around Dragging about it."
Hoax-"He leads a hand to- mouth
existence" Joax-'He looks pretty
prosperous" Hoax-"Yes, he's one
of the best known dentists in town. .
There is nothing new under the sun
not even in the way of pneumatic
tires.
man is apt to say he is undone
when he really means he is done up.
Bridget never break my word,
Mum" Mrs. Hiram Offen-'"That is
very remarkable; it's about the only
thing you haven't broken since you
have been here"
He-"I knew girl who kept her
engagement a secret for over year
Shells there anything remarkable
about that?" He-"Yes, the remark
able part is that she wasn't deaf and
dumb"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

(From the Chicago News.)
The flowing bowl looks like a cup
of happiness to some men.
Every man has an idea that others
think him important.
Many woman wouldn't want a
vote il she could boss some voter.
man is as fat as he looks; a
woman is as fat as she wants to
look.
You can learn a good deal about
women by pretending to be indif-
ferent.
If an easy-going man ever acts
smart it is when he gets soap in his
eyes.
A woman always selects a good lis
tener when she wants an entertaining
companion.
You can't please everybody; it
please the other half.
We don't think much of a cook
ing school that doesn't teach pupils
how to prepare dandelion green's
When a man gets his first gray
hairs his wife tells the neighbors they
are due to his strenuous business
cares
When a girl says a man is a cad
he has probably talked baseball to
her till she had to admit she didn't
know anything about it.
And it sometimes happens that
when a woman sees her husband look
ing happy and contented she thinks
there must be something wrong with
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The faults a man is willing to con-
fess he has are never very serious.
= 4
With the price of mutton so high it
is only the very rich who can even af-
ford to look sheepish.
= X
From the lack of ability of gradu-
ates of cooking schools it is evident
that cooks, like poets, are born, not
made.
x =
It's peculiar, but no matter how ex-
tensive a fruit crop failure may be 1t
never seems to create a scarcity or
prunes.
X X
Perhaps the present slump in kick
ing against the high cost of living is
due to the fact that people now have
the baseball umpires to find fault
with.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
ii UlNOR or THE Day

Mrs Nocash-Mercyi You let your girl
off every afternoon! Neighbor-Yes, in
deed, it is such saving. The more she
is away the fewer dishes she breaks
Illustrated Bits.
Mary had little lamb-the poor things
mutton now. she saved 1t twenty years
that's how she's able to do Europe buy
an automobile, sit back and take things
easy.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Doyle-Pfwat's tn rayson O'Toole do be
afther hayin a tin weddin OF Wonder7
Boyle-Faith, an it's because he's been
married tin years, Ofm thinkin.-An-
swers-
As the fire truck came changing along in
the street car tracks, Uncle Ben sto5d at
the corner and waved his hat Ding it's
he exclaimed when the truck RAISED.
THAT wouldn't stop, ither."-BuffaIo
Express.
Mother-Children. I am shocked. You
each promised me faithfully you would
not eat your oranges until after dinner
You have deceived me. Willie-No. mann
ma; we didn't eat our own oranges.
Tommy ate mine and 1 ate his.-Boston
Transcript.
rs he man of nerve?" II should saw
so. he can stand right up and tell the
landlord just what improvements ne
wants him to make on his flat."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
If a man doesn't quarrel with his
wife, he is apt to be in quarrel with
his partner.
A slouchy girl looks as tough year
after marriage as an automobile looks
after it has been used year.
If foolish woman will tell a man
she is SUCH a fool, and not smart like
he is, he will decide she isn't a fool at
all.
When a man comes to you with his
troubles, remember that 1T might be
worse" is the last thing on earth he
wants to hear.
What has become of the old fash
toned woman whose idea of meeting
any emergency was to light the fire
and put the kettle on?
Another thing we hate: to shake
her hand away, as though we are hold
ing it too long.
After a woman has been married a
few years, she doesn't have any more
respect for the men than good cook
has for hotel dinner.
When a mother thinks she is being
pretty strict with her children, the
neighborS are saying it is shame the
way she is spelling them.
| Occasionally you see a girl whose
golden hair looks like taffy candy when
it has been pulled by boy whose hands
need washing.
Aside from the locomotive engineer,
and a policeman in distress, we haven
much time for the gent who insists on
whistling at his work.
People are always saying to US: why
don't you get an automobile?" If we
should buy one, people would soon be
saying to US, why don't you buy a
NEW one?''
We are tired of getting whisky cir
ci1IarS from Kansas City, and hereby
give notice that in future, every tine
we receive a whisky circular, we will
write a prohibition editorial
This" a married woman says, with
a good deal of indignation, lis positive
| ly the last straw" Then she goes on
accommodating more as long as her hus-
band lives until she has quite a good
sized haystack.
| In Atchison. a Protestant is in bust
ness with a Christian Scientist. And
! every time the Christian Scientist Is
sick. we have noticed that the Protest
| ant wants the fact mentioned. Which
indicates that the partners do not gel
along very well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Pre-

lC IOiu thC @NOo YIN AOSS-J
A lot of people know more than is
good for those who have to hear about
it.
A mans good temper can wear out
mighty fast when his wife questions 1t.
There's hardly any work SO hard as
having nothing to do
The time woman is particularly in
sistent you should tell her that her
husband has brains is when she knows
he hasn't.
machines iss you won't have to meet
friends at every corner who expect yoH
to take them in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

drowning of eight high school pupils,
six girls and two boys. near Wilkes
barre, Pa. The number of deaths that
will result froh this pastime during
the coming summer will probably be
several hundred for the entire coun-
try, and yet no reformers are out with
crusade to place boating under the
BAN Football appeares to be the only
field in which they care to labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

An accepted fact is that no matter
how much money a man may have he
is anxious to get more. This truth was
demonstrated again the other day by
a lPittsburg, Pa, millionaire, who, as
trustee of an estate. filed claim
against it for So cents -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Mr.. Roosevelt has ever enjoyed a
reputation for being a trifle verbose.
But the address he delivered at Ber-
lin the other day is a full and COM
plete history of the world and its de-
velopment. with no essential details
omitted. and he told it all is a mat
ter of 9.00O words.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Now it develops that the 100000
appropriated by congress for the rails
ing from the bottom of Havana harbor
of what is left of the old battleship
Maine is not sufficient sum to do the
work This is reminiscent of the way
the last Kansas legislature did a few
things, or failed to do them properly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

An excellent showing is being made
in the administration of the affairs of
Kansas City, Kan, by the new COM
mission form of government. The
same is true in Topeka and in every
other place where this modern method
of municipal rule has been tried. More
of the cities of Kansas should wake
up to their opportunities in this par
kforlar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Men who are familiar with the
wheat situation in Kansas believe they
are conservative in estimating that
this years crop will yield about
s5,OO0,o00 bushels. Where are the
gentlemen who were predicting not
so long ago that not very much wheat
would be harvested in Kansas this
year? Probably they're holding con-
ISOLATION party with MeGiinty at the
bottom OF the sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

evidently that tremendous earth
quake which was recorded the other
dayl by the seismographs in this coun-
try must have happened at the bottom
of the seas. No news of it has been
Forthcoming from any point on the
earthss surface with which there is
communication.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

The kidnapers of Marian Bleakley
insisted that they would not be ac-
corded a fair trial in Shawnee coun-
~. So they had the venue of their
case changed to Jackson county, and
the verdict in the case against Tillot-
son, who engineered the kidnapping. is
strong evidence that they got nothing
less than a fair trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Professor I. Woodford Riley of Vas
sar is inclined to the belief that girls
should look upon matrimony as pro-
fession. And if 1t is a profession it is
one that does not require a college
training on the part of candidate to
At herself to practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Has the reorganized committee on
rules of the house of representatives
done any business since it came in<o
existence? II so. it hasn't been of the
Lind to attract any attention. All of
the affairs in the lower branch of con-
gress appear to be running along in the
same old way that has been pursued
for the last decade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Pueblo Indians are reported to be
on the warpath in New Mexico. In
all likelihood this uprising will amount
to about as much as did the one in
dulged in some time ago in Oklahoma
by Mr.. Crazy Snake and a few of his
nails
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Another evidence of the absence of
the old feeling between The north and
the south is the fact, thinks the Chi
cago News, that New. Orleans families
are willing to adopt large numbers of
northern babies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

1.-The greater rewards come in bus
mess, not in politics." is truism ut
tered recently by Uncle Joe Cannon.
It's a noticeable fact though that
men who get into politics. and most of
them are mighty clever men, too, keep
at the game until the end. Perhaps
the rewards of politics. such as they
are, come easier than do those of bus
mess
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

once known, must appeal to hundreds
of our young men, and awake the old
time interest and desire to work for
and secure an appointment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

The handsome creature pictured
herewith is known to the professors OF
fossilitis as a "stegosaurus. restored
Just why any one would desire to re-
store anything of the kind is Is not
visible to the naked optic. However.
he is restored. In other words. some
person afflicted with boneology and
prunes. found a knuckle bone of this
beautiful creature, put It under his pill
low and dreamed the rest.
Scientists will tell you all about the
animals which infested this globe dur
ing the period when Adam wore short
pants, but the layman has expended
much thought with little profit, on
this same subject. Naturally. he asks:
"Why a stegosaurus?" And there Is
no answer. Perhaps the stegosaurus
was constructed through accident
perhaps for the express purpose OF
eating other Objectionable specimens
in the early geological collection. Who,
knows?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

The editor of the Galena Republican
has been attending a bargain sale. The
following sample paragraph from his
editorial page is offered in evidence to
substantiate the claim that he picked
up font or two of exclamation points
at a bargain:
Let your eyes follow the broad
sweep of prairie perspectives till they
merge in green and glimmering glory
with the distant horizon: Oh. Kan
sasi Beautiful Kansas The home OF
brave men and fair women! Keep
your escutcheon unslllied from the
faint of greed!'
In two columns of editorial, the edi-
tor gives the exclamation mark all the
best of 1t, as shown by the score, which
is: Exclamation points. A; periods. "a.
(This department will act as score
keeper in the Galena Republican con-
test, and publish details of the Excla-
nation Point-Period controversy each
week)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Mr.. BalIinger. the secretary of the
interior, may well be pardoned for
having formed the opinion that
conspiracy was inaugurated to drive
him from Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

From the weather conditions which
have been prevailing of late 1t is ap-
parent that the good old summer
time is not going to be in any hurry
about getting here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

One Topeka woman has the bug to
such an extent that she refers to them
as bungalow pudding and "bunga-
low cheese" 1t is even charged that
while visiting with rural relatives she
referred to the family musical instru-
ment as bungalow organ"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Forest fires of the disastrous sort
have begun much earlier this year
than ever before. Some one will prob
ably bob up who will blame them on
Halley's comet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
FRON OTHER PENS
ABD1cArIoN OF sELF-RULE.

ABD1CAI1ON OF SELF-HOLE.
That we have gone to the extreme
in the United States in creating cleo
tive Offices is the we'll considered opin-
ion of many careful students of our
politics. A democracy can only be a
thoroughly successful and efficient form
of government SO long as the people
give thorough attention to the work of
administration. When they become in
different in the choice of officials they
get Indifferent service. would it not
be easier here" asked Ambassador
Bryce in his speech before the Kansas
City Knife and Fork club the other
day, ito secure that the will of the
people, or of the party. prevailed in
selecting candidates if there were few
names on the tickets? ~ The multi
plicity of names makes suitable choice
a matter of completely and difficulty.
He guesses, or votes blindly at the die
tation of party leaders who choose for
him.
This is really an abdication of self
rule. We carry it to such absurd ex-
tent that we run it into the ground.
1t would be better to make democracy
more real by making it less discursive.
It is an apothegm that 1--WE are govern
ed too much" 1t is equally
true, if not so trite. that the
with too much governing on thand
the polple become neglectful; the load
is shifted from the hands of the masses
to the hands of the bosses.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

At conservative estimate. it has
cost the county over $1,000 to intro
duce Captain Tillotson to the supreme
court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Comes now the time of year whel
you can refer to your natural lazines
as ''spring fever and almost get ava.
with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

The row boat season of 1910 has
been ushered in formally with the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16

Our annual Chautauaua has been
called off for lack of funds. This Is
indeed sad. There is always at least
one reporter around a newspaper Of
flee who isn't good for anything ex-
cept to report Chautauquas, and is q
pensioner the rest of the year. He Will
be. dead loss this season. Sad. sad
indeed.