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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
MERCHANTS, WEEK

.'Fll be in Topeka, June 7, and g."
This expressive and significant
phrase circles some lapel buttons
which are being circulated generally
throughout Kansas by the travelling
statesmen VINO fadiate from this in
dustrial and mercantile center. That
they will be eagefly worn by many
of the merchants in the smaller and
larger towns of the state is almost an
assured fact. Not only will they be
worn, but they will indicate just ex-
actiy where the wearers win be on
the dates mentioned.
Kansas Merchants week in Topeka
has grown In popularity with each
wear of it's existence. A larger crowd
of merchants from all over the state
attended the festivities of last year
than did the year before. The crowd
of the year before was larger than the
one on the preceding year. And while
the merchants and the manufacturers
of Topeka are modest they believe
that the crowd this year will far
eclipse any that has come this way
before. They hope so anyhow. And
they are sparing neither labor nor ex-
pense on the preparations, already UNI
der way. for the entertainment of their
guests on this big occasion.
The program for this entertainment
is larger and more diversified than
have been the similar ones of the
past. A rip-roaring good time is
scheduled for every hour while the
visitors will be in the city. In fact,
the business men of Topeka are going
to extend themselves to make the
Merchants week of 1911 a memoir
able event. Every merchant in Kan
sas and his wife are most welcome to
come to Topeka as guests of honor
And barring unforeseen happenings
| like Indictment weather, they will be
able to enjoy themselves to the full
without much exeftion on their part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

A man with a new automobile has as
many friends, says the Eureka Herald,
as successful candidate.
It occurred to the Oakley Graphic
that the worm In the apple is taken by
the vegetarian the same as by the
FletcheFizer.
one of the brothers of my church,
writes Clergyman to the Palco Enter
prise. has carried Bible to every SER
vice for years. The other day picked
the good book UP and noticed that tho
cover was badly worn. 1 opened it and
found the leave as clear and fresh as
the day the book was printed,
A merchant in a small western town;
relates the oakley Graphic, was about
to become bankrupt for the seventh
time. He called in the accountants to
go over his books When they had
finished they told hirl he Wodld be
able to pay three cents on the dollar.
chants face. Heretofore he said, II
have always paid ten cents on the dol
laT-af1d I'll do 1t now" he affirmed,
as a benevolent smile over spread his
face. "rll pay the rest out of my own
| pocket
Presumably a satire on the wedding
write-ups OF the day from the Sum-
merfield Sun: Miss Very Long and Mr..
Extra Short we're married at the
/ United Presbyterian church in this
city Tuesday evening at $500 o'clock
sharp. The bride and groom preceded
by flower girls and ribbon bearers
| marched UP the aisle to the accom-
pahiment of the Meddlesorne wedding
march played by our noted t0wnsman,
Mr.. H. P. Finneyone on his truSty ac-
Gordon. The bride and groom were
attended by two couples of our most
noted young people. Tie ceremony
was performed by Rev. Jay E. Gay-
| Know. The bride was attired in most
beautiful dress Of some soft, c1inging
stuff and wore real silk hose. The
groom had on black suit and a false
mustaehe, he not being old enough to
raise one for hindserf. The bridesmaids
were Unable to be seated after the
ceremony on account of their hoops
which are just coming into style again.
! One of the groon1smen was forced to
come in the door edgewise on account
OF his tie which was imported from
France, at much expense, especially
| for the occasion. The other gfoon1s-
man had to stand on a step-ladder to
look over his collar. On account of
the uniqueness Of the affair, nothing
| like it having ever been seen here be-
| fore, an admission of ten cents, it was
worth twice that amount was charged
at the door to help defray the expense
| of importing the gowns. Punch and
waters were served, free of charge,
after the ceremony to any who Thought
! it safe to ifI1bibe. Anyone who thought
| they could stand the effect was re-
quested to kiss the Bride. F. c.. Ber-
| gen was the only one In the audience
who had the necessary nerve and 1t is
said that he consumed some three
Quarts of punch afterwsrd trying to
! rid his mouth of the taste. This was
one of the most enjoyable affairs ever
! pulled eff in this city and netted the
| ma cement some seventeen dollars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
BUSINESS: A MORAL QUESTION.

world's WORK for June, shows that
the system of cooperation he worked
out for the United States Steel COR
poration and for other big companies
is based on his idea of what is fair
between man and man. Here are some
of the things Mr.. Perkins says:
BY cooperation 1 mean system of
doing business by which ali parties in
terested will enjoy the benefits of the
business.
The question between capital and
labor today is not so much the amount
of wage man should be paid as IL lie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.

LF'roin the Atchison Globe.I
To know yourself thoroughly is a
great asset.
A good time nearly always costs more
than it is worth.
So many of us want the principal
part of the fair play on the other side
Besides being disagreeable, it seems
SO useless to haul coal in hot weather
IL more than three men agree on a
movement they claim the whole town
is behind 1t.
II you find 1t necessary to prove your
honesty don't depend On your unsup-
ported word.
A stray dog usually is willing to sac
rifice a good deal of his liberty for
something to eat.
1t is difficult to induce a man to
lead Better Life by telling him how
much better his neighbor is.
A man who thinks he is smart enough
to be his own lawyer Should try haro
to keep out of trouble.
A man with a lot of bills outstanding
that he can't collect, isn't a firm be-
lever in the power of suggestion.
Ne man hides his mistakes under a
bushel he would need a much larger
receptacle to cover them up.
Pianos must have a good deal OF
patience, considering how they are
hammered and how seldom they are
tuned.
A boy hasn't control of his own name.
but he sees to 1t that no hifalHtin aP-
pellation is attached to his dog.
AS a general rule, sign painter
license seems to allow as many hber-
ties with photography as a poet takes
with facts and grammar.
Flies carry around so many germs
that the cook should make sure these
little Insects are well done before serv-
ing them with the soup.
Beyond the assistance offered by the
sugar trust and the Jersey COW, eff
forts to improve the strawberry haven
amounted to much.
The world progresses slowly, to be
sure. but fewer young men than for
fns<iy feel called upon to prove to the
Sxnrld that they can GROW a rnoustache.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
THE SPINsTER..


since many poet sings the praise
That's due to wife and mother
MY Muse prefers her voice to raise
In honor OF another.
After the noontide heat and glare.
Flow calm the twilight shady!
mus peaceful is the atmosphere
About maiden lady
me wife may heed the husbands woes,
she either shares or doubles
Inc maiden lady interest shows
In everybody's troubles
The mother, rightly, makes the care
or home her nfe's chief center
Inc odd maid" has some love to spare
Wherever love can enter.
1t may be in denouncfng wrong
shes overenergetic,
But down among theI struggling throng
She's widely sympathetic.
No fear Of germs her foot deters
From densely peopled regions
The children of the poor are hers
She numbers them by 1egions.
Her kind seems growing rare Of late,
Less often we accost her
Her value who shall estimate?
We cannot TIL we've lost her!
George b. MOrewood, in the New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

MilIyAI put away my last years bathing
suit in camphor, but 1t exaporated Bills
The bathing suit?-Phi1adelphia Record.
Assistant-Here's an article on how
New York will look in 1850. What can we
use to illustrate IL? Editor--Get that file
out the picture of how New York was
to look in I910.-Puck
Mrs Knicker-Did you hold short ses-
Yes, merely had him pass an appropria-
ton ,bi1l.-New York Times.
Would Pass in Andy's Office. -"wouldn
you have hard time trying to write
'effervescenee' ON a typewriter without
the letter .e'?'' asks a contemporary. IN
these days when phonetic spelling is not
unusual we could manage it, Drother-as
thus: "F-urv-s-cts." -Ex.
"My little boy can give a perfect imita-
ton of monograph" why don't you GU
send him out on the vaudeville circuit =,
mo, but anything is better than having
him around the house. "-Houston POST
Encoufag Party-The train
seems to be travelling at a fearful pace;
ma am. Elderly Fenale.Yus, aint r ~
Ny Biii's drivin' OF the i1gtn, an e can
make 'er go when 'e'5 got drop o drink
in hiTn.-Tit-Bits-
A Greedy Adiss.-1da's rich uncle IN cal
ffornia sent her a lovely brooch with her
name set in costly diamonds. How de,
iixhted she must be. Well, she lsn ::
she's iust mad because her parents diah
name her Katherine or Alexaner'l~
Boston Transcript.
fTbe Attic Classics.-The Humorous Bur :
elar ION his way out, to little Binks' ,;s
ne enters a room in the basement OF ms
bo,,se1-'IJIlo. old sport. You comm Ter
me? Little Binks Qess heroic than wne men
| he started Oh-er-no.I beg your pa.
don. Ny mistake. l tnought W"
| In the attfc.-The Sketch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
fFrom the Chieaeo News. )

L tine SAlCdS0 ANCWS.1 i
Every woman is a law unto her hus-
band.
oh, liberty! How many are unmar-
ried in thy name!
Love and hate always remember,
only indifferenees forgets.
While trying to drown his troubles
many man catches at straw.
Attempting to clip tho wings OF
riches has landed many a man in Jail.
Self=praise is almost as valuable as
the other things you get for nothing.
Many man has made a good bluff
by looking wise ana keeping his face
closed.
/ It takes an amateur photographer to
convince woman that truth is more
terrible than fietio9l.
Every girl believes herself sure
cure for inebriety until after she has
tried marrying a man to reform him.
Our idea of woman With wonder
full selfcontrol is one who never buys
anything at a bargain sale that she
doesn't want.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among the microbes of the right sort
is the germ of love.
The man who is ''neBody's fool''
doesn't have to keep harping on that
fact.
Intimate friends are generally on
the look out to get the better of each
other.
There is always considerable jeal-
ousy among parents as to which OF
them their brightest child takes after.
y n
It's a good thing for their regulations
for srnartness that many men are not
compelled to give proof of the state
mef1ts they make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

The boys who ran away and were
suspected of having drowned them
selves. were thin1y clad. and got cold;
but, although the reporters have OBJ
tained the matter and have secured no
Information on the subject, it is pre-
stunned that their parents warmed
them upon their return.
And, if not Immediately upon their
return, upon some other handy spot.
The socialists think they have
canned Ike Gilberg; IKE is equally GER
tain that he has canned the socialists.
And if they are inclined to doubt, he
will gladly debate the question with
them.
The early Christians suffered less
by reason of their belief than does the
modern society woman who believes
that a number shoe should be worn
on q number foot
The occasion which generates pur-
pie profanity in the soul of man, sim
ply causes woman to slam door
Hop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR.
tFrom the New York Press.1

IFrom the New York Press.1
We have friends to rejoice over their
faults.
Lots of girls have nly-white hands by
their mothers not having them.
The way not to be tempted to rob
a man is for him to have the drop on
YOU with q pistol.
The silifest liar ls the one who does
1t when there no need to, Just from
force Of habit.
If a man can remember once IN
few years to ask bis wife to wear her
bridal gown for him he needn't ever
give her a cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

whether that wage is q fair proportion
of the earnings of the business. One
Of the things that inter-communication
has done has been to sound the death
kneli of secfetive methods. bellows
that publicity, full and frank. will go
very long way toward correcting any
evils that exist and preventing any
that may theraten.
The real question. at base. is not
commercial. financial, or governmental.
but moral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

the quiz will be made by the regular
committee on privileges and elections,
And this much is certain. 1t cannot
do any worse in making up a majority
report than did the original congress
sional committee which investigated
this unsavery incident
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate of
ten cents week or thirty cents a
month (by mail Onlyl. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out OF town the State Journal will be
to you like daily letter from homo.
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping EXPENSES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

College students will probably wax
enthusiastic ever one of the proposals
before the Presbyterian General AS
sembly. 1t recommends that college
faculties and presidents abolish Mon
day morning Rotations SO that the
students will not have to study on
Sunday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

1t must also be borne in mind that
the former Wichita baseball team had
won enough of its games to give It
third place in the Western League
race. But only handful of wichitans
cared to Watch wichita Win on the
baseball field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

New Workers go to the extremes in
everything. They have just COM
pleted the erection of a $12,00O,00O
public library building on a 100000
600 plot of ground.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

A disastrous FIRE in which much
valuable property was destroyed. hav-
ing wiped out the sheep pens in the
stock yards at Kansas City, it is new
proposed to replace them with mod
ern structures that will be of the fire.
proof variety. It's peculiar that re-
forms Of this sort are seldom under
taken Until disaster has emphasized
the necessity for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

Nothing much will probably be done
about the slaughter of 225 Chinese by
a band Of Mexican rebels. But just
suppose a bunch of Mexican revolutions
lists had slaughtered colony of 225
Engllshmen or 225 Germans?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

Chicago has made another record
that the brewers can point to with
pride. One-half of the population of
the Windy City doesn't drink beer at
all. but the other haiE disposed OF
three million gallons of the stun dur
ing three days recently when the
weather was excessively warm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

The biggest anaconda In captivity is
now resident of the Bronx geological
park in New York city. 1t is 20 feet
long, which is some snake. But Tope-
Kans can point with pride to the fact
that they saw a snake at the street
fair which showed here recently that
was % feet long. New York hasn't
a mortgage on all the big things in the
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

1t won't be long now before the
call will go out from Kansas for har-
vest hands and more of them to
gather IN that wheat crop which was
being likened to a failure a couple of
months ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

News dispatches from all parts of the
world show that the falling season for
aviators has opened with considerable
activity. Thus does science march on
its way to glorious heights arm in
arm with death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

And out here In Kansas the rain APP
pears to have cultivated the habit of
coming around when it is most needed.
The rains of the recent date have been
worth many millions of dollars to the
people Of the Sunflower state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

Such a trifiing thing as killing
Frances minister of war merely delay
ed for few hours the continuation
of the aviation meet where the calamity
occurred. If a high parsonage ia the
United States government had been
Killed in such a fashion. a dozen bills
abolishing aeroplaning in this country
would have been presented to congress
In as many minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

In bringing suit against the alleged
ice trust in Topeka Attorney General
Dawson shows his willingness to tackle
cold propositions as well as warm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

Speaking of Kansas crops, that of the
dandelion, was so extensive this year,
it is safe to prophesy that next years
crop Of this weed will be of the record
breaking variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

with its erstwhile baseball team the
property of Pueblo IL witt be necessary
to Watch Wichita Win" at some
thing else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
KANSAS COMMENT
MANY USES FOR CEMENT.

Hardly a day passes nowadays that
new use for cement Is not found. Re-
Gently one of the leading railroads re-
placed wooden telegraph poles by con-
crete poles and they are being found
more satisfactory from almost every
point of view Reinforced concrete
planks are being used in steamboat
construction. Wooden ties are being
replaced by concrete on some railroads.
The infants milk is obtained in dairy
where the floors, walls, bins, feed mix
ing troughs and stalls are all of con-
crete. AS he grows older he is sur
rounded on all sides by concrete
structures, and when he dies his body
is placed in q grave whose vault is con-
crete, and concrete tombstone is used
to mark his resting place. Thus the
examples of the varied uses of cement
might be multiplied. One Of the most
novel, however, is the use of cement
for tree dentistry" This consists in
the filling of old cavities in the trunks
OF trees with q rich cement mortar.
after the rotten wood has been care-
fully removed, somewhat similar to the
manner in which a dentist carefully
cleans a tooth cavity before filling.
Care should be exercised, however, to
see that the surface of the cement is
low enough for the bark to grow over.
Foresters believe this will be the
means OF saving many old trees from
further decay and destruction-Salin
Times.
WHISPERS AND BALD HEADS.
The best point scored in the joint
of bald heads and whiskers was this.
by ehin-whiskered Tom Carter of
Montana:
mo man ever voluntarily wore a
bald head. A bald head is an infiic-
ton. an infirmity, a standing joke. We
nifV hJIt do mt blame nnn0npnfc -
While no one can grow hair where
hair Is not-that is, real hair of his
own-anybody may get a shave. Thus
IL whiskers are not Alfonso, they. are
thought.
AS to the merits of the case, it is d
question for fellows wife. If he has
one: for his conscience eff he has one)
if wireless. The evidence shows that
there have been some very good men
who had both bald heads and wf1isk-
ers; also some very bad men who had
neither. SO there you are!-Wichita
Beacon.
CAN'T HAUL VOTERS.
Nebraska has passed a law which
we think would be good for Kansas
or any other state. 1t is a misdemean-
or for candidates or other organize
lions to haul voters to the polls. If
a man is sick, or injured so he can
not make his own way to the polls,
he must depend upon friends to get
him there without the aid of interest
ed parties. A man who hasn't enough
interest in an election to go to the
polls without having to be sent for
ought not to have the right to vote.
AS a matter of fact we believe he
should be subject to a fine if he
does not exercise his rights of suf-
ffage at eve-y election. If he is
within q reasonable distance of the
polling place and is able to walk. In
difference on the part of the voters
is the cause of most of the corruption
in public Iife.-Cawker City Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

The Presbyterian assembly is trying
TO can preacher for making the
statement that Moses had the blues
when he wrote some of his poems
suggestion for line of defense: Why
doesn't he make the prosecution
prove that Nose did NOT have the
blues when he wrote some of his
poems?
Please observe that we neglect tn
print the name of the preacher who
is on trial. We suspect that he SAID
that about Moses for the purpose of
getting his name in print.
We suspect further that the preach
er in question differs with DIR. Love
land, who believes in paid" adver-
Using.
This is rather a dull season with
newspapers; they are forced to print
about evenly divided between the ar
rest of alleged dynamiters and alleged
battles in Mexico.
Perhaps Shakespeare had this
Mexican situation in mind when he
wrote:
Rumor is pipe,
Blown by Surmisee."
Most of the news is pipe" all
right. ,--......-
Our most highly esteemed eofitem-
porary states editorialiy that the rain
came in the nick of time. AS said
contemporary is an authority, all
those who are suffering for reliable
Information as to the exact part of
time containing the nick, may get It
by calling up the weather man. He
has q record of the exact moment
A-z-
The officers who court martialed
Lieut.. Hand at Leavenworth, refuse
to deliver any information, but in
innate that they have plenty on Hand.
While freely admitting that any
kind of pun is poor filler, this de-
partment has to fill with something
and pleads indisposition-whi is the
colloquism for ''laziness'' or "spring
fever"
The growh-tip butters-ifi to the boy
scout movement, are now framing a
sign language" for the boys. They
should save any brain work which
might be expended on signs meaning
contempt and '1etsgoswifnmin." All
boys carry those signs in stock.
THERE ARE DISADVANTAGES
OF course the good old summer brings
Hot weather. but we'd gladly bear it;
But worse than heat--those other
things
The Picnic, Hubbard squash and
carrot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

Another investigation Of the Lorimer
scandal by a committee of the United
States senate seems assured. This time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED FREES

The State Journal Is member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report % that great news or
sanization for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication In Topeka.
nal building over wires Tor this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

The officers who court martialed
Lieut.. Hand at Leavenworth, refuse
to deliver any information, but in
innate that they have plenty on Hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

While freely admitting that any
kind of a pun is poor filler, this de-
partment has to fill with something.
and pleads isposition-which is the
colloquism for "laziness'' or 'spring
fever"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-24

This is rather a dull season with
newspapers; they are forced to print
a lot of allegations. The space is
about evenly divided between the ar
rest of alleged dynamiters and alleged
battles in Mexico.