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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02


Perhaps the smile found in the
above sentiment, expressed by Solo
mon, is not so apt for the conditions
which prevail today as it was for those
of the era when the son of David had
his being. Cities, in this period of
civilization, are strangers to mammoth
walls surrounding them. Only the
most ancient Of cities in the old world
have anything like them, and most of
these are but remnants of the formfd-
able barriers that once shut them in
from the outside world That was the
rule. however. in the days when Solo
mon reigned in all his wisdom. Then
a city without a wall was merely a fig
ment of the imagination, or memory.
Walls were needed to keep out the
foes which were prowling around in
cessantly. And a city with its walls
battered down soon became a deserted
village.
But the point made by Solomon in
the words quoted above, to the effect
that a man who is unable to control
himself is a weakling of the weak. is
just as forceful today as it was when
it was uttered and probably more so.
For in these times when some peoples
are enjoying the privileges of free gov
ernment under which men are pretty
much their own masters. and when
most of their brethren unfortunate in
this respect are living in even freer
atmosphere than ever before in the
of the universe self control is
far more necessary than 1t ever was.
Indeed, the lack of it is responsible to
a great extent for the fact that more
nations are not now conducted with a
greater degree of liberty for their in
habitants. Indeed, one does not have
to bark back in history very far to
this contention. Many
peoples, even in modern times, have
shown themselves to be unfit for free
and -governm ents. Such measures
Of this sort of government as had been
granted them have been taken away.
AS it is with people collectively so
t is with them individually. Those men |
and women who are able to control |
heir spirits, to control themselves in I
other words. are the ones who come
o the front and get the most out of |
ife in whatever conditions of govern /
nent surround them Nothing in the
way of argument should be needed
o demonstrate this fact. It is plainly
apparent on every hand and in every
walk of life. It is to be found in every |
feld of human endeavor; in business,
n society, in work of every sort and |
IN play. The men who have self-con- |
-rol are the first to reach the pinnacles
IF success. whether their hunt be-for
'ortunes, for happiness or for both
To acquire this self-control is not an
sasy task by any manner of means.
Nan is naturally almost as unruly as
my of the other animals. He has been
however, with an intellect
hat makes it possible for him to break
himself in, as it were, if he is properly
,uided by teachers and parents during
he days Of his youth. The man who
las to be curbed and taught the ways
# rectitude by the strong arm of the
aw belongs to that class of society
which is worthless. And the man who
las not learned the lesson of self-con-
rol and does not practice it. that
nan is seriously handicapped in the
attle of life before him.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

President Taft declares that the
salaries of the supreme court justices
OF the United States are at altogether
too low figure. He says they ought
to be at least $25,OOO a year And
there is good reason for the presidents
contention. It is also a fact that the
salaries of the supreme court justices
of Kansas are ridiculously low. They
ought to be doubled or trebled.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

At the annual convention of the
American Bar association a resolution
was adopted by tremendous majority
denouncing the application of the re-
call to the Judiciary. Some people will
be sure to argue that the distinguished
gentlemen who make up this associa-
tion are not as well informed or as
alive to the demands of the times as
are the inexperienced voters of Ari-
zOna
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

1t was a waste of energy for the di-
rectors of the Y W. C. A at Cam
bridge. Mass, to discuss at great length
the question as to when young wom-
an ceases to be young" They finally
decided that this happened at the end
of her thirty-fifth year. These wise
acres seem to have lost sight of the
fact that few young women attain that
age, or, rather, confess to it. which
amounts to the same thing for all
practical purposes
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
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ancnth (by mail only). Address
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OFT OF town the State Journal viii be
90 You like daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested or
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bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

New York man made it prac-
tice of filming his wife from $100 to
$500 every time she did something
that was displeasing to him. The news
paper dispatches telling about this lat
est get-rich-quick scheme are not
clear on the point but it is safe to
assume that the lady in question had
a considerable bank account of her
own
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

corpse or skeleton inferred there. The
whole body or skeleton must be
"snatched'' from the grave to make it
a grave robbery. Extending this same
theory little further, it would not be
bank robbery if yeggman failed to
remove all the money that happened
to be in the bank vaults when he tap
ned them
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

81 felt natural Thursday afternoon
for the first time in more than two
weeks" said a foolish friend. q was
working away at my typewriter with
the sun beating down on the windows,
and suddenly r began to perspire free
ly. That carried me back to the good
OLD summer time of recent memory.,'
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

The Standard Oil Trust has finally
gone out Of business in accordance
with the order of dissolution issued by
the United States supreme court. 1t
IS unlikely though that Uncle John D.
Rockefeller's OIL holdings will return
him anything less in the way of divi-
dends
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

New York city has more than its
share of everything. And while it is
proud and tenacious of it's possessions,
it would likely be willing to give UP
few of those five thousand ex-convicts
of Italy who form part of its record
breaking and law breaking population.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

There seems to be no limit to the
power or the ramifications of the in
junction. A Des Mofnes Judge has just
issued one which is directed against
the promiscuous scattering of the odor
of onions on the part Of a restaurant.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

Des Moines has not made much of
showing in baseball this year. but its
babies carried off the highest medals
in the infants health contest at the
Iowa state fair. That's honor enough
for one tovrn
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

Not so many years ago and most Of
the large and disastrous railroad
wrecks in the United States happened
in the west. Now the east seems to be
getting more than its share of them.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

Champ Clark is an adept at passing
out left-handed compliments. He in
sists that Colonel Roosevelt knows a
little about more things than any other
human being
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

And speaking of the judiciary split
ting hairs: A Connecticut judge, in
his remarkable wisdom. has decided
that it is not a grave robbery for any
one to desecrate a final resting place
and merely remove the skull OF the.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

Senator LaFollette says there are
other things he desires more than the
office of president. And no matter
what they may be. he stands a much
better chance of getting them
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

The impulse to kiss a little girl in
a clean white dress and blue sash, Is
a misleading impulse; In reality. her
face carries a thicker stratum or per-
spiration than her mothers.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

The hobo of the Weary Willie type
is in the minority upon the great high
way. There are wanderers who do
have money, do work when they can,
do wash with opportunity. It requires
no great skill to ride upon bumpers.
to climb into freight cars and to dodge
trainmen. There are men and boys
engaged in occupations which compel
journeying from place to place. Some
times, in the far west, freight trains
carry scores of sheepherders and har-
vest hands following up the movement
of shearing and grain harvesting. Hav-
ing learned to travel cheaply, they are
constitutionally opposed to paying
fares in the regular way. Time was
and it may be stiIl-When trainmen
doubled their wages with collections
from these travellers. In the middle
west the traffic is not so heavy or so
marked by seasonal distinc ctions. But
there are thousands who prefer the
box car to the palace car and when
caught. dip uncomplainingiy into their
pockets, and, If they can. pay their
passage or buy immunity from arrest.
The fake detectives practice but
graft in the course of organ
ization, the irregular assessment of
tribute being raised to an institution.
Blade.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
GUMBo PEOPLE.

We overheard a couple of sovereigns
discussing the recall on the street the
other day. One argued that the peo-
pie had just as good right to recall
a judge who did not fill the bill as a
man had to return plow that did not
scour. But SAID the other, There are
two sides to the alleged right Of man
to return plow that does not scour
Suppose his soil is mixed with sticky
clay and gumbo. I know lots Of peo
pie who have more or less gumbo in
their composition. ''-Hclton Recorder.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

A Massachusetts, Y. W. c. A. has
defined q young woman" as a fe-
male under 35 years OF age. But that
will not shorten the membership, as
35 Is the ultimate when IL comes to
the age Of the unmarried ones.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

other things may annoy a man. but
a woman's laugh. through a telephone.
really gets his goat
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

We have wasted losts OF perfectly
good time wondering whether or not
Doctor Roller was one OF those
strong-arm, chiro-drugless doctors.
Both his name and occupation pro-
mote the suspicion.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

The Mexican Liberals are suspect
ed of an attempt to start further
trouble. They have stolen a herd OF
mules, which is the favorite Mexican
idea of a protest against the existing
government.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

The committee threatens TO cut
out smoking in the Y. NJ. c. A.
building. That means that the Y. n.
c. A. has all the members II needs.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

About the foolish est" expression
IN newspaperdom. 10 that turned
turtle" as applied TO an auto acci-
dent. An auto turns over on account
Of excessive speed and a short turn.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
CHARITY.

Stealing for charity is at least an
unusual plea in a criminal court. The
thief who steals to keep himself or
his family from starving is SO COM
mon that the circumstances must be
more than ordinarily narrowing If the
tale ever gets outside the courtroom.
The very novelty of the case of the
booAkeeper who took more than $6,-
600 of his employers money in order
to give picnics for orphans and out
ings for the aged, and to pay for sur
gical operations on children, has un-
doubtedly resulted to his advantage
But the charitable instinct in this
case appears to have had peculiar
twist. the culprit's letter to the judge
indicating that it was diluted with con-
siderable egotism and love OF praise.
ST stole to be classed as good fellow"
he writes. His disbursement Of his
employers money brought him hon
ors and presents from his fellow mem
bers of a fraterna1 organization. He
wanted to make a show. His funda-
mental desire was not wholly different
from that of the embezzler who spends
the money he has stolen on chorus
girls and champagne. though the ways
in which he manifested it were vastly
less discreditab1e--New York Trib-l
une.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
And q turtle doesn't

A cartoonist. who makes a living az
1t, doesn't draw pictures for fun. And
a professional prize fighter Is the first
to beat it out OF the danger zone when
a free-for-all fight starts. MORAL:
Sport is something beside what you
do for a living
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
a sATURDAY sERMoN.

He that hath no rule over his own
spirit is like a city that Is broken down
and without walls. Proverbs XIV %.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
KANSAS COMAENT
CAMPAIGN cLEANsER.

one of the greatest corrective agen-
cleS Tor evil in this age is publicity
ana the passage of the campaign pub
ilclty Dill by congress at the session,
Just closing, promises to be an import
ant factor in the elimination of abuses
IN the matter of elections. With the
knowledge that campaign crookedness
Will be brought out before the public
tnat the honor of winning will be tar
nshed by dishonorabie methods used
to win and that everyone will know
OF the crooked deals, the corruption
and underhand work employed, the
politician who would stoop to such
mears will ind himself greatly handi-
capped in the race for public office,
While the kind of men the public would
like to see represent them in public
life will find the race easier when they
are not compelled to come in competi-
ton with unfair methods.
Like physical cleansing agents, this
political soap powder may find some
DIRT that cannot be removed because
it has been brushed into some corner
the cleanser cannot reach but it is
noteworthy that there are few such
corners left that crooked politicians
will have little satisfaction In looking
for them.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

A woman minister has been called
to an Atchison church. Her husband
will be permitted to sing I'm the
choir. Further than that, he will be
known locally as "the preachers hus-
band" His only chance to gain any
further recognition, will be to elope
with some member OF his wife flock.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
CHEAP INSOLENCE.

We stood in the ticket office of a
depot the other day and heard a tinid
old lady trying to extract information
from naughty clerk It took him
longer to get rid of her by treat; ng
her snobbishIy than it would have had
he given her the information she de-
sired and apparently needed. He was
insolent and supercflious. If his inso-
lence had been witnessed by a superior
officer of the road, he would have lost
his job imme iately.
We have often noticed that the
higher up the official is, in the rail-
road service or any other service
which comes in direct contact with the
public, the more polite and courteous
he is. The reason for this is that the
unfailing marks of cheapness which
the Almighty placed on people are
insolence and superciliousness
If every boy who works in a depot
or a store and every girl who works in
a telephone office or behind a sale
counter would just come to realize that
the insolent people are always low
salaried people, that insolence and
superciliousness are proofs of small
minds, we would have better courtesy
and better manners everywhere.-
Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

Another thing poor Eve was up
against; there were no colored post
cards to send to her friends, and no
friends to send them to.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

Old-Fashioned Party (wlth old-fashioned
prejudices)-Ahs very clever, I dare say.
But I see IT'S written by a lady, and I
want book that my daughters may read.
Give me something elsei-Punch.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

Rev Mr.. TTol1ers-AIistah JohnslnE.
what foh you call dat son OF yoh's IzaalS
Walton, when he was baptized George
Washington Mr.. JohnRon-Because sah
dat rascaTs reputashun foh veracty made
dat change mper'tive.-Christian Regis
ter
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

Now that we've spent so much money
fixing up the house, perhaps you won't go
away" said her husband. hopefully. "Oh,
yes, John, 1 will, but" she added. encour-
agingly, "I'll be more cheerful about com
ing back."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

What do you think of it?' asked the
proud Gothamite he pointed out the
skyscrapers. Wal" replied the miner.
on his first visit to the metropolis. 1T
looks like permanent camp all right.
Success Magazine.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

How nOw2" Gave me a two weeks
vacation, and three days extra to rest
up."-Pittsburg Post.
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Walter Johnson seems to be the Ty
Cobb Of the Senators.
Pittsburg has released Cottrell, the
Syracuse University finger.
Among those who are successful at
swatting flies are the Cub outfelders.
Ed Walsh is more successful as a
pinch pitcher than in winning his own
games.
Before Pittsburg sent Jack Flynn
to st. Paul, Washington made an Of
fer for him.
Fred Clarke advises all of his play
ers to pay no attention to what they
see in the papers.
Boston has sold Pitchers Tyler and
Pteffer to New Orleans as part of
the deal for Otto Hess.
Where, oh, where, are the phenoms
that set the American league on fire
in the early spring weeks?
It is now talked In Rochester that
John Camel will manage the New
York Highlanders next se;son.
Now comes the report from Boston
thf.t this is Patsy Donevan's last
year as manager Of the Red Sox.
rrxnh bancroft, business manager
Of the Cincinnati Reds, planning on
taking another team to Cuba this
fall.
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Safer seems to be filing first base
cleverly.
Connie Mack has nothing to worry
him except his pitchers.
Fred Tenney is doing his best to
bring his club up in the race.
Ping Bodie believes in the quality
OF his hits rather than the1. ouan-
tity.
Becker Is the youngster McA]eer
picked up around the Washington
prairie.
Hugh Jennings is reported to want
to dispose OF Dave Jones and Capt,
Moriar1ty.
Roger Bresnahan has been offered
$1,000 week to 60 on the stage thu
coming winter.
Kitty Brans1eid has asked Philadel-
phia to make trade by which he
can go to P1ttsburg.
Jimmy Callahan probably has n,t-
ent on the come back stun. Mike
Donl1n can't do the trick,
1t must hurt big league maxnata
to pay three players for a recruit who
once was released for nothing. -
The former big leaguers that ara
with the Baltimore Orioles have kent
the team in the hunt this year.
II major league magnates claim All
the men on whom they have str,n1s
there won't be many left for the hush.
ers.
Let us have the box score Of tho
contest between North Carolina and
Georgia over the birthplace OF Tv
Cobb.
Secretary Billy Fowler of the Wash
1ngton club believes he has the max
/ 1ngs of a championship team for next
year.
Slapnicka, the big Bohemian Mitch.
er who will work for the Cubs next
season, won thirteen games in a row
| for Rockford
George Stovall is in a peculiar DO
sition He is building up the Maps to
win the pennapt next year for an.
other manager.
With John Beall and Bill Kenworthy,
| the Boston Red Sox will have four
Denver players next season, the 9th.
| srs being Hagerman and O'Brien.
a New York doctor says insanity q
, . bug" disease Baseball fans. Be.
ware.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-07
Editorial Telephone, sTHREE-ONE"
DORA BARRETTE, Society Reporter

L. J. Ramstad of Long Prairie,
spent yesterday in the city on busl-
ness.
Mrs. P. Shanahan of International
Falls, spent yesterday in the city
with friends.
Mrs. M. B. kellogg returned last
evening from weeks visit with
friends at New York Mills, MINI.
A. H. Durdin and wife, express
messenger Of Sank Center, arrived in
the city yesterday and will make
their home here.
| E A.. Hastay, logger for the Crook
ston Lumber Company, spent yester-
day in the city on business, return
ing to Blackjack last night. -.-
Thayer Bailey has gone to Crook
A. j. Barrette, he will hunt in the
vicinity of Crookstcn.
Geo. M. LaBaW of Buda, ILL.,, ar
rived in the city this morning and
will be the guest Of his son, court
reporter Lee LaEaw for few days.
w. S. Morrissey and wife of Iron
Mountain, Mich, who have been the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Dea,
| have gone to Minneapolis, where
they will attend the state fair for a
few days.
Miss Lizzie Fullerton returned last
evening from a three weeks visit
with her aunt, airs. D. G. Smythe at
Elk Point, S. D On her return Miss
Fullerton stopped off at the cities
and took in a couple of days at the
fair
Miss Hazel Wells and her brothers,
Claude and Roy have returned from a
trip to the coas. where they have
been visiting friends and relatives
for the past month. Miss Wells will
begin teaching school near Carr Lake
at once.
Misses leila and Zoa Cheney of
Dodge Center, who have been the
guests OF Dr. and Mrs. G. R. Sanborn
for the past two weeks, returned to
their home this morning. On their
way home they will stop off at Moose
Lake where y will be the guests
of friends for a snort time.
Miss Madeline Rhea of Chester,
ILL.,, who has been the guest of her
brother, Geo. Rhea, for the past few
weeks, left this morning for St. Louis,
Mo-, where she will be the guest Of
Miss Clara Brinkman for week be-
fore returning to her home at Ches-
ter. Miss Brinkman accompanied
Miss Rhea here and was a guest at
the G. II. Rhea home for some time.