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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
HIS STRANGE PAsr1ME.

A half century ago, before the days
of the paid fire department and the
steam engine, citizens became f1remen
for two reasons, first, because they
were animated by laudable desire to
thwart the fire fiend, and, second, be-
cause they enjoyed the excitement. 1t
is believed that in many instances the
latter reason was the primary one.
That there should be a survival of the
enthusiasm of the volunteer fireman
seems a little singular, and yet we
are told that a Chicago woman wants
a divorce because her husband is a fire
fan, prepared to start for the scene of
confagration whenever an alarm is
sounded on his private gong. Accord
ing to this strange petition the fan is
rushed to the location of he alarm
box in high priced touring car, and
bellows for the right of way through a
big calliope horn. Naturally, he is a
disturber of sleep and an annoyer of
the neighborhood. And if we may be-
lieve the petition he doesn't leave the
scorched neighborhood until the fire
is conquered and the hose is reeled, at
least, the lady says he stays away for
hours. In this prosaic age, when the
appearance of the engines draws no
attention, and people wait for the
morning papers to find out about the
fires, the existence of a man who act
ua1ly attends CONGREGATIONS as a pas
time is indeed remarkable.-Clevela
Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
The better pie tastes, the worse it
is for you.
1t is not sin to steal things at a
grocery store where you trade
A man was in town recently carry
irg baby Just behind him was his
Wife carrying a gun.
The average man has plenty of ex-
cuse for staying UP late without adj
0lng astronomy to his list.
An Atchison man was severely CEN
sured by a number of people yester-
cay because he never says anythingi
One trouble with the meat boycott
is that it is likely to cause the women
to learn new ways of making salads.
The Hook Worm differs from the
other Old and Aristocratic Southern
families in that it works most of the
time.
We must not let reform cause US
to forget the rights If others. With
meat shops closed where will be poor
man buy meat for his dogs?
When a woman takes as much in
terest in her home as she does in her
church she will find her husband as
easily pleased as her pastor.
A woman is always most reserved
when in her Sunday dress. She will
tell you about her husbands other love
affairs when she is in her old clothes.
4ASy are SOOQ people,, SAID one
Missourian in speaking of a neighbor
family recently, but they are not at
all sociable. Why. they are never seen
at the funerals"
We refuse to listen to Sam Mugs
arguments about religion. Any man
who is always chewing tobacco and
splitting to the right and left is no
authority on religion
An AtchiSOn man says he does not
want to marry a woman who is willing
to die for him. He wants to marry
some one who will never yawn in his
face, and will always laugh at his
jokes.
The Transformation disguise for
''wig') the hair-dressers have invent
ed, is the greatest blessing of the age
When a woman sees the milkman or
her preacher coming, she need not ap-
pear with hair uncombed, or in curl
papers. She can snatch her Transfer
| nation from her kitchen apron pocket,
or from the knife drawer in the side
board, and fasten it on with one Fin,
and she will look as if she had Just
left the hair dresser. With a Trans
formation to wear at breakfast, a wo-
man can hope to Keep Her Husbands
Iowa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
THE LAWYERS.

Lawyers from all over the state are
gathered in Topeka for participation in
the two days session of the twenty
seventh annual meeting of the Kansas
State Bar association. They are thrice
welcome. Indeed, he would be more
than a brave Individual who would ex-
tend anything but the glad hand to the
disciples of Blackstone on this or any
other occasion. For from their ranks
come the gentlemen who dignity the
courts and every one. IL he knows
which side his bread is buttered on,
will not do anything to offend the per-
sonages who have the scales of justice
in their keeping.
This lawyers convention, though, is
quite as important in its way to the
Teople of this commonwealth as have
and agricultural experts which have
gone before it recently. At 1t will be
many valued exchanges of opinion as
tc the kinks in legal procedure which
sorely need 10 be Strengthened out.
Proper administration of the law as it
stands, proper consideration of the law
yet to be created. are the most essen
tial of things in the development Of a
free government to its greatest advan-
tages.
That there is great room for improve
ment in these things. too, must be ad-
mitted on all sides. ''In my Judgment"
wrote President Taft in his regular
message to congress. "a change in ju-
dicial procedure. with a view to reduc-
ing its expense to private litigants in
civil cases and facilitating the dis
patch of business and final decision in
both civil and criminal cases, consti-
tutes the greatest need in our Ameri
can institutions"
There can be no doubt that the presi
dent was not exaggeratfng things
rair's breadth. And it is to the law
yers to point the way to these much
reeded reforms and help in bringing
them about. State bar associations as
we'll as the American Bar association
have already given this matter consid
cradle attention. Congress and state
legislatures will have to pass laws to
tring these things about. But the bar
ASSOCIATIONS of the nation will be the
important voices in the framing of
these laws and it is such meetings as
the one which is now being held here
that will eventually bring these pro-
positions to a focus.
Legal procedure in Kansas is on
much higher plane than it is in many
other states. Mere technicalities are
not sufficient in the land of the sun
flower to thwart the ends of Justice,
thanks to the discernraert and repeat
ed action of the supreme court of the
state. But things relating 10 the ad-
ministration of the law can be bettered
even in Kansas and will be, for the
personnel of the legal fraternity of the
state is of a high caliber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
AN AID TO PROHIBITION.

If a bill introduced in congress the
other day by Representative Thomas
NJ. Bell, of Georgia. becomes law pro-
hibition states will be helped most ma
terially in their efforts to prevent the
illicit traffic in liquors in their ter
ritory.
This measure provides that the fed
eraI government shall issue no internal
revenue licenses hereafter to retail
liquor dealers in state. county or mu-
nicipM prohibition territory. 1t is made
the duty of internal revenue collectors
to keep themselves informed of the ex-
istence and extent of prohibition dis
tricts within their jurisdiction and to
refuse government slcenses to liquor
dealers therein.
As has been pointed out recently by
Governor Stubs, one of the reasons
that make it almost impossible to fol-
low up the good work of putting the
saloons and joints out of business by
driving the bootleggers to cover, is the
fact that the government issues in
ternal revenue licenses to retailers in
an indiscriminate fashion. Not only
that but the government has appeared
to be lax in enforcing it's rules and reg
ulations concerning the handling Of
these licenses by those who get them.
This is matter on which Mr. Stubs
and President Taft have exchanged
some correspondence of late and the
president has promised that federal Of
ficials are to be instructed to see to it
that all the features Of the internal
revenue laws are observed, even in pro-
hibition territory.
Such action will help some but the
desired end will not be achieved until
some such legislation as is proposed by
Mr.. Bell has been enacted into law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.1

from the Chicago News.
Some people say they do as they please
but do they?
The father of twins may think he was
given the double cross.
A woman is never so happy or I'M
happy as she thinks she is.
If a farmer hasn't anything else to
kick about, he buys a gold brick.
Many a man does more kicking with
his tongue than mule. does with his
hind feet.
If you would know just what people say
of you behind your back, listen to what
they say of others
When young widow proposes to a
man. he is so afraid that people might
suspect it that he pretends he did it him.
self
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
Cuba ResentfuI.

In Cuba the race question is compn-
Gated by the, fact that the negroes
PLAYED an active and really important
part in the war with Spain, supplying
in its later years not only a majority
of the men fighting in the ranks of
the rebel army. but not a few Of its
ablest officers It Is not unnatural or
without reason. therefore. that the
black Cubans and those of mixed blood
should be particularly sensitive to any
denial of complete equality, social as
welr as political, with thir white neigh
bors, and that they should bitterly
resent any attempt to establish in the
island racial distinctions of the kind
which exists in this country. AS a
government organ in Havana puts it,
''the Americans must be taught by
the strong arm of the law that they
will not be permitted to introduce into
Cuba the anti-negro sentiments pre-
vailing in the United States,'' and the
same paper insists that black and
white stand on the same plane in Cuba.
This is very noble, from some points
of view, but the Cubans might as well
realize that there will be certain dis
advantages connected with the ac-
ceptance of this announcement as true
by the outside world. Such acceptance
would be more apt to lower the white
Cubans in general esteem than to raise
the pldCh OucS, anu II WOULD also lGnQ
to confirm the unkind but rather
widespread notion that the white
Cubans lack some Of the qualities
requisite for successful self-govern-
ment.
The dilemma in which the Cubans
find themselves is therefore a pecul-
iarly difficult one, and there is a very
serious side to the riot caused. this
week in Havana by the refusal at a
hotel kept by and for Americans to
sell drinks to two negro congressman.
The incident ended for the moment
in the infection of a $40 fine on the
barkeeper who had thus affronted the
black statesmen, but as their friends
are going in droves now to order-and
get-drinks at the same place, that
hotel is not likely long to serve the
purpose of its existence. The Havana
shopkeepers would not be happy if
the city were to become one in which
the free-spending American tourist
cannot be comfortable, and it looks as
if the island would have to decide
some day whether it is to be a black
or white republic. Unfortunately for
its convience. a misture is not half
way between the two, but out-and-out
black, as strangers will view it-New
York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
FRON OTHER PENS
ONE Law ron ALL CRIMINALS.

ONE LAW FOR ALL CRIMINALS.
Charles w Morse. New York mil
lionaire, is in the federal prison at At
lanta for Incorporating other peo-
pies money. John R. Walsh, Chicago
millionaire banker, will have to serve
his term in the federal prison at Leav-
enworth for Incorporating other
peoples money. Both these men
fought with all the weapons that enor-
nous wealth could command and the
ablest counsel could WELD to avoid a
prison term. Morse, while his case
was progressing through the courts,
carried on his business so successfully
that he paid back all he owed. Walsh
fought desperately, but unsuccessfully.
The fact that these men of great
wealth are mere convicts, suffering the
same punishment for their crimes as
If they were pickpockets, can not fail
very encouraging for those who be-
lieve in common honesty. Morse paid
back his stealings, bur that did not
save him; the court refused to estab-
lish the rule that if a criminal re-
stores his loot under cOmpulsion, he Is
an honest man and immune from
punishment.
Strenuous efforts are being made to
secure Morse's pardon. Equally pow
erful influences will doubtless be ex-
erted in Walsh's behalf. Before we
listen to any sentimental rot about re-
spectability, pardons suffering family,
disgrace and so forth, let us ask our
selves what would happen to a cracks
man who in his crude way stole a mil
lion. There is no difference in morals.
Newark News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
FAKE ADVERTISING.

The merchants of Manhattan have
decided to turn down all fake adver-
Using schemes. and will make all
their announcements through the local
papers.
The oily tongued stranger who goes
to- Manhattan to issue a livery stable
directory will receive no encourage
ment. The man who offers to paint
advertisements on trees or barb wire
fences at so much a letter. will be
thrown through the transom.
The Merchants of Abilene have fol-
lowed suit, and will hereafter spend no
money to have their names painted
on the town cows. or on toy balloons,
or on Woodchucks.
The movement is spreading, and the
day is at hand when all Kansas mer-
chants will adopt the safe and sane
plan, and do their advertising in the
newspapers.
It is the only way to get results;
it is the only way to reach and interest
the people who buy things. The peo-
pie read their home newspapers, but
they don't read telephone poles or
COWS or barbed wire fences. You
never yet saw a man seated by his
hreside reading a board fence or the
side Of a barn to his children.
Newspaper advertising is good for
the merchants, and good for the town,
and good for the, newspapers them
selves. The newspapers are entitled to
it, as matter Of justice. They are
always preaching the gospel of patro-
nizing home industries; they are edu-
eating the people away from the mail
order habit, as best they can; the home
merchants receive the benefit of this
preaching. which goes on all the year
round; and they are unfair and I'M
grateful when they do a niggardly
business with the newspapers, and
spend their money for printing and
advertising with outside firms or
takers who blow into town one day
and out the next. sometimes leaving
unpaid bills behind.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

dismounted, ''these are the sweetest
place!"
1T is pretty" he admitted.
would you take it away from them
wreck their home-for just four
"I? why, what can you mean,
dear
"They say you hold a mortgage for
that amount ON the place and that
you have written them that you would
My dear Irene, I didn't even know
tnat 1 owned this tiny place. have
SO much property My agent. Carter.
aIIends to ell the business. He prob
Philip 0'
. Why of course. Irene.''
FOR how long?'
..Eor-forever, If you wish, Irene"
Come in the house." she said joy
he your horse first. You
naHe 70 pay several games of casino"
ne followed her, somewhat dubious
as 70 what was expected of him.
Mr.. Maxfield." ~ ouoo
ooh, has he come for.
l.. NO. smiled Irene. "he has come
While Hannah was serving the hut
termilk, Phineas came in and was in
troduced. was III
You're the gentleman who holds
the mortgage? ?"
SO 1t seems. didn't know it until
now. Irene told me-"
we may get way to pay it," said
Hannah. anxiously.
whats the use?" said Phyin
quickly. you can renew it as often
as you please. I'll explain it to nv
agent today. 1 would rather have a
glass of this buttermilk every time I
ride by here than the amount of the
mortgage
The flash of joy in Hannah's worn
face was SO reflected in Irene's eyes
as she turned impulsively to him, that
he CLEANED hope for the answer to the
question that he meant to ask on the
way home.-(Copyrigh 1910 by As
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
KANSAS COMNENT
FARM MACHINERY TO COST MORE

FARM MACHINERY TO COST MORE
We have all been of the opinion
that farm machinery was as high as
1t would be and even little higher.
We have complained against the har-
vester trust and have insisted that the
attorney general of the state pros
ecute the trust as far as possible. Now
it seams that this season will see a
further increase in the price of farm
machinery The manufacturers de-
clare That they are not after the pro-
hts the farmers have been making re-
Gently. but that they must have more
money for the machinery because of
the increased cost of production.
steel has been going up rapidly
since last May and as it is one of the
principal items in the production of
hlgh-grade machinery, it offers a
reasonable explanation for the desire
to put up prices. Lumber. too, has
gone up and the indications are that
1t Will go still higher. Some of the
grades necessary for the manufacture
OF farm machinery have practically
disappeared from the open market and
can De purchased only at a premium
The item of labor is a big element
in the production of farm machinery,
but 1t does not bear the same relation
t the cost it once did. Use of auto
matte tools in the big factories has
SeloOO lAlO POWCi VI pAOouS-
ton without proportionate increase
In the number of men. So: he saving
has been made, too. through improved
methods of putting machines on the
market and better supervision of
credits.
Notwithstanding the increase in the
price OF the raw materials. there
should be no increase in the cost of
machinery. It is known that the pro-
fits are large and that where the
Independent concerns come in COM
petition with the trust the price of
machines are much lower than where
the trust has no competition. If the
price is increased the matter should be
thoroughly investigated. - Wichita
Eagle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
HUlNOR or THE DHY

sympathetic s,Sa p woman Il dunno wot dat is,
eff it's .ennything ter eat, youse NAV GIN I'M
me few."-Chicago Daily News.
None But the Observation-Disclosures
you sure this is real Ceylon tea? Well
informed l Young MISUNDERSTANDING, sir.
MI Ceylon's name is on every package
The Sacred Heart Review
Sec Geographically speaking.-The class was
the compass. IF I turned to the east
and H l. look at the rising, sun what is behind
Guardian. Ter
..a Hear Ir, about Perkins? Pretty tough"
into the vernacular bumped against a
hard word and split his infinitive. Life.
Henr h at all DO TSegra like sF
that daren't move. or mamma can't hear
You looked harassed. You should have
gone your Christmas shopping earlier"
to convince the children that they want
what I got for m."-Kansas City Jour
nal
Lady (who has been shown over one of
the ships. to sailor who has been her
bidden on ": your ship. saiior0so was i ap
PIES mum, in the Garden of Eden.-Lon-
She-How far can your ancestry be
traced? He-Well, when my grandfather
resigned his position as cashier of coun-
try bank they traced him as far as China:
but he got away.-Pittsburg Observer.
Nell-1sn't she a peculiar girl? She
wouldn't look at him when he was rich;
but now, after he's lost all his money, she
accepts him. Belle-Well. you know how
crazy every woman is to get anything
that's reduced.-Tit-Bits.
A man very much Intoxicated was taken
to the police station. why did you not
bail him out?'' inquired a bystander of q
friend. Bail him outi" exclaimed the
other. why, you couldn't pump him
outH-Chicago Record Herald.
Civilization" remarked the cannibal
king, promotes some strange ideas" ITO
whom do you specially refer?" inquired
the missionary Among you the ultimate
consumer is regarded with sympathy
Here he is considered very 1ucky.'-Wash-
ington Star.
Physician-Have you any aches or pains
this morning? Patient-Yes, doctor; it
hurts me to breathe; in fact, the only
trouble now seems to be with my breath
Physician-A11 right. I'll give you some
thing that will soon stop that-Boston
Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Pleasant words should be for the liv-
ing. The dead have no interest in
them.
A whole lot of energy is wasted by
many people in trying to break rec
ords.
4 4 =
AS people get along in life they don't
rut much stock in the laying that the
good die young.
Time is money only in theory for
those who have the most time on their
hands generally have the least coin.
X X x
Any number of folks would not feel
natural unless they thought they were
suffering from some sort of an ailment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York P

LFrom the New York PresS-J
When man isn't judged by his mon
ey it's by his clothes.
1t taxes so long to save up a little
money we try to spend 1t as quick as
we can.
Most men would rather be the chief
performer in a freak show than good
example.
Women have such a good influence
on man it is astonishing it doesn't
seem to do him any good.
Most everybody knows how to do
some one thing If he wasn't so busy
trying to do q lot Of others he doesn't
know how.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

And now federal judge decides that
railroads have no right to refuse to ship
liquor into prohibition territories. This
will be hailed as excellent law by the
distillers and the brewers, likewise the
consumers of their stuff 1t may be
good law, too, from whatever viewpoint
1t Is looked at and it certainly shows
that federal court can order rail-
road to do a certain thing If the court
is inclined that wav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

frauds, pleads immunity from trial
and possible punishment because he
happened to be a witness before the
grand jury. When a man tries to wig
gle out of a trial on a criminal charge
In such a fashion the people are gem
orally unanimous in their opinion as
to his guilt or innocence. and the lat
ter isn't considered very seriously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

The New York evening Post was
most discerning when it characterized
as the "sad result of aviation week.
the following lines from the Los An
geles Express: 1.-The impression that
man will never fly like a bird seems to
be aeroneous"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

A mass meeting in Gemmen hall
at the Central Y.M. C. A. has been
called for Friday night, February 4.
At it will be discussed the best meth
DDS to pursue in the formation of
plans for the establishment of public
Fairgrounds for the children. There
should be a large attendance. This
matter is most important one. Such
Fairgrounds are one of the essential
needs of every city in the land. To-
pel1a should be among the first to
have an adequate supply of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

Here's another peculiar thing. Even
with the prices of foodstuffs and all
the other necessaries of life at their
present fancy figures there is more
money in the savings banks of the
nation than ever before in its history.
and this huge sum of savings will be
added to by millions of dollars as soon
as postal savings banks are estab-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

II there are any smiles these days on
the faces of the national bankers who
organized the Bankers Deposit Guar
anty and Surety company, nothing of
criticism should be levelled at them.
And once again has come proof of the
old adage to the effect that he who
laughs last laughs best.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

The senate committee on irrigation is
going to report favorably on President
Taft's recommendation for the issuance
Of $S0,00O,0O0 worth of bonds for the
completion and extension of the irriga-
ton projects under way. People will
soon begin to realize that the Taft
methods of getting things from con-
gress are of the better variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-27

George ]. Gould has personally
promised Governor Stubs that the
Missouri Pacific lines in Kansas will
be improved. And there is no pos
Sible chance that Governor Stubs
Will let Mr.. Gould forget his promises
Promises are fine things but it's their
fulhllment which counts.