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The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
DELAY IN PAVING.

There is some complaint that the
paving contractors are tardy in begin
ming the work on the improvement of
Topeka streets. Several weeks or more
have intervened since the contracts
were awarded and nothing has yet
been done. 1t is time for some one to
get busy and see that this work is
started at the earliest possible date.
The city is now engaged in law suit
with a contractor over the penalty for
failure to complete the work in the
time specified last year. He makes the
defense that he was hampered by the
city in the prosecution of the work
and is therefore not liable for the pen
atty.
The commissioners should see to it
that there is no ground for similar
complaint this year. The weather this
spring has been ideal for paving work
and time has already been lost for the
period of unsettled weather conditions
may begin at any time. The commits
sion form of government should facil-
itate business.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

Such is fame,-yclept a National
Reputation.
supplied by Old DR.. Crumb1ne, secre-
tary and editor of the Kansas ts.. SIaee
Board of Health. Let us all CrumD pine
and swat the fly.
b. L. T. in Chicago News.
Susan Fowler, last of the bloomer
girls of 60 years ago, is dead; and thus
ends the bloomer thing where the
harem thing commences.
The English call a policeman
Bobby" and, should a Br1ton chance
to alight in Hunnewell, he would un-
doubtedly refer to the lady cop OF that
burg as Roberta
Sometimes a professional booze
fighter has to lay off for few days
His credit may be bad and his wife out
of a job.
Patience is a crowning virtue,-in
yourself: with others it is taken as a
matter of course.
The box on the payzhuenter car is
like mining stock. cit Isn't necessary
to diagram that one, if you ever tried
to recover anything you put into ope)
When you catch a man making
ldceS at nlmseII IN IOoklnS gIdSS,
don't be in a hurry to have him pinch
ed for lunatic; maybe he is just try
ing to shave himself.
Talk is cheap,-unless it comes
from woman who is telling what she
needs to complete her summer ward
robe.
Just as it is the woman with shape
like dill pickle who makes the most
trouble for the dressmaker, so also is
1t the man with the fewest hairs who
spends most time in fussing with the
barber.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
MERCHANTS WEEK.

Topeka is making ready to celebrate
the third annual merchants week
There is no doubt about the success of
the venture for it has passed the ex-
perimental stage.
The Merchants week is one of the
biggest things ever inaugurated in To-
peka. 1t brings the business men Of
the state into closer touch with the
Capital City. It demonstrates the fact
that the people of Topeka are glad to
meet and entertain them and it also
opens the avenues through which it
may be proved that Topeka is a good
place in which to transact business.
Topeka has long suffered from an
artificial reserve which has been
fostered by its rivals. 1t has worked
hardship on the business interests of
the city. The Merchants week is Gre
ating a healthier atmosphere and the
people of the state are learning to see
Topeka as it really is. The money
spent IN entertaining the merchants Is
the best investment that the people
have made in many years.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
CIothesline Her Airship.

After defying her neighbors, the law
of gravitatiOn, her husband, and every
thing else which came to her mind, Mrs.
arthur Homan climbed to the top of a
75-foot pole in the rear of her new
home at Canarsie, Long Island, only to
go aground at the top and find herself
unable to work free. She was rescued
by her husband, who drew her into the
rear window of the apartment across a
clothesline which she herself had
fastened a few minutes before.
Mrs. Homan's idea was to stretch u
heavy line with a pulley at each end
from her window to the top of the pole.
Strictly speaking, it was her idea to
have her husband do it, but the project
was not in line with Homan's policy.
He wouldn't climb a pole unless it was
creased and had dollar on the top.
So Mrs. Homan fastened one end of
the rope arrangement to the window,
and, going down into the courtward,
fastened the other end about her waist,
and began the ascent. To the huge de-
light of Canarsie and the neighboring
towns, she reached the summit by
means Of the spikes sent in the pole and
made the rope fast to a ring at the top.
Then she reached a foot down for the
first spike, but the spikes were set
mans distance apart and she couldn' :
find it. She tried for half an hour, with
everybody shouting encouragement and
instruction. then felt herself getting
dizzy and began to murmur for help.
Mrs. Homan is not the kind which
ever does more than murmur, but Mr
Homan knows what the murmur
means, and he came to the window In
a few well chosen words he told her to
fasten herself to the rope, which was
then in the form of a pulley belt She
did it, and, with amazing nerve, swung
free from the pole and dangled rs feet
in the air. 1t was then a simple mat
ter for Mr.. Homan to haul her into the
window. The neighbors cheered loudly
and are now trying to find out where
the HomanS buy clotheslines of that
strength.-New York Herald
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
HUAOR or THE DIP

The ancient Romans had a catapult
tnat t!1t could hurl rocks more than a mile
Now understand it" ''What?" My
landlord told me this house was a stones
throw from the depot. He must have had
it on his hands since the time of the
Caesars. Leader.
Professor-The result of our investiua-
tions. for the past half-hour is that man
has freedom of will regret that can
not continue the subject today, as I have
to go shopping with my wife.-FIiegende
Blaetter.
Ihres dollars minute" said the
youth who had asked the long distance
telephone rate between him and the lady
fair Yes, sir" said the telephone clerk
L guess I'm not on speaking terms with
her., sighed the youth, sadly counting out
$3.50 in his purse.-Detroit Saturday Night
Don't you suppose" said a member of
the police force, that a policeman knows
a rogue when he sees him 20 ''No doubt"
was the reply; "but the trouble is that he
does not seize rogue when he knows
him. ."-Christian Register.
did you cast your vote, aunty?' "Oh.
yes! Isn't 1t grand? A real nice gentle
man with beautiful mustache and yell
low spats marked my ballot for me- L
know should have marked it myself but
it seemed to please him greatly."-Life.
'You have kept my nose to the grind
stone, Serepta," spoke her husband nerv-
ing himself to say something at last, 'for
fifteen years.. I've done more than
that, Volney," snapped Mrs. Vick-Senn:
'I have made you turn the grindstone."-
Chicago Tribune.
Pop, tell me some conundrums.
"Conundrums? Why, I don't know any
conundrums, my son. "Oh, yes, you dol
1 heard mother tell Aunt Mary the other
day that you keep her guessing most of
the time."-Puck.
Fair Critic-Oh, Mr.. Smear those os-
triches over there are simply perfecti Yo1l
should never paint anything else but
birds. Artist (sadly)-Those are not os-
triches, madam. They are angels.-Lon-
don Opinion.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News.1

LFrom the Chicago News.J
It's pity jealous woman is un-
able to keen the lid on.
A man seldom enjoys doing a thing
unless he doesn't have to do it,
Poor old Adam! There were no
tonsorial artists or safety razors in his
day.
The good things of life are seldom
appreciated until they assume the past
tense.
Perhaps some men hide their light
under bushel for the purpose of
keeping their shady side dark
We can't help feeling sorry for the
poor man who has to think twice be-
fore he can remember what his name
was before he was married.
man sizes a woman up according
to her own valuation, and he doesn't
have much time for one who looks
like bargain counter specimen.
When girl gets engaged to a man
she is merely sparring for time in
which to make up her mind whether
she wants to marry him or not.
During the courtship a girl struts
around as If she owned the earth, but
a few years after marriage she walks
as II she were carrying it on her
shoulders.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

left. She had told her mistress that
she had been sent for from home, and
had left ct once.
She seemed to be grateful to me-
Mrs. Dawson said. st think she was
quite devoted to u.s.
Jerome was more distressed than
he liked to acknowledge to himself,
and was doubly annoyed at his mother
for not having found out where this
strange domestic was going or where
she lived. For weeks Jerome was des-
pondent and angry at himself for his
absurd mood.
1t was through one of those strange
condolences that happened once in a
| lifetime tLat Jerome was asked by his
cousin Nancy to a dinner party given
for the young woman who had been
her chum in college. He was given
the great honor of sitting beside the
distinguished Georgiana Van Arsdale,
whose beauty, great wealth and indie
pendence made her the pride of her
classmates and the despair of all the
men who met her. Jerome was not
sufficiently appreciative of this honor;
In fact, his cousins exaggerated de-
scription of Georgiana's attractions
had struck up with him no great ad-
miration.
He came late, just in time to meet
his dinner partner before the party
went from the drawing room to the
dining room. After he had seated his
partner he turned to his left to see
the famous Georgiana. He gasped
with surprise.
There in all the splendor of the oc-
casion, fairly dazzling in beauty, sat
katy-Katy, with the same pensive,
brown eyes.
there was a strange, pleading look in
the girls face, that almost unnerved
Jerome.
'Mr. Dawson and 1 have met be-
fore" said Georgiana, as she saw her
hosteSs's eyes upon her. "but I didn't
know he was your cousin"
Jerome forgot Georgiana and re-
membered only Katy. tell me-" he
demanded, where have you been.
Who are you?'
Georgiana bent toward him and
embarrassment in her voice.
81 was making an investigation.
III wanted to do some sociological
research work-to find out for my
self what the conditions of the work.
knows 1 was doing some such inves-
ltigation. but OF course 1 didn't tell a
soul where I was. I think 1 will work
for a month in a department store
next"
Jerome set his mouth in grim de-
'cision. mot if I know it." he said,
| ''I don't approve of that sort of thing.
Kate.'
what difference does that make to
me?" asked Georgiana with a teasing
toss of her head.
"I will show you" said Jerome with
a look that made the color come into
Georgiana's cheeks, 'if I have to
go through fire to do it,
Jerome's task was easier than he
had expected, and, when a month
later Georgiana Van Arsdale an
noJnced her engagement to Nancy's
cousin, she had promised never to
complete her sociological investiga-
riol s-(Col wright, 1911, by Assoc :
ated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
QUAKER SIEDITATToNs.

From the Philadelphia Record.J
Does man show favoritism when
ne puts his best foot forward?
An idealist is an unmarried man
who thinks all women are angels.
When the bookkeeper loses his bal
ance he naturally feels upset about it.
Some people believe what thev see.
and keep their eyes shut half the time
Lots of people burden themselves bv
carry.
The fellow with red hair sbouId
nave no hesitancy in telling a girl he
would dye for her.
The most humble can sometimes
make an opening for others. Take the
graVe-dtgger, for example.
Nell-"I see Maude is wearing
glasses now; do they make her see bet.
ter! Belle-'She thinks thew make
her look better mans
'Bjones is the LATEST nerson
know" Wagg-"That's rirht. R5ones
would kick about going to heaven nm
less there is an elevator"
Blobbs-'T can always tell bv 1oor-
ing at a man what his profession is. =,
Slobbs--' That's easy enough. fnr ir-
stance, lots Of young doctors look like
perfect pills" AooA iih>s
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[F'rom the Atchison Daily Globe.1
Other people often know you better
than you know yourself.
Quarantine yourself wheE you have
a crouch; it's contagious.
You are not misunderstood as often
as you think you are.
Duty doesn't demand as much of
you as lodging it will take.
Problem for today. How long will
a fried fish keep in a restaurant?
The musicaT value of whistIing has
been over estimated good deal
A man does hate to have his wife
intimate that she works as hard as
he does.
1t is strange how crazy some people
are to go when they don't get an invi-
tation.
Some of the men who claim to be
defenders of human rights are merely
buttinslys.
So many women economize by saw
ing the pastebord boxes their $1.25
hose came in.
If man isn't a cowboy what ex-
cuse does he put up for wearing that
kind of hat?
Ever occur to you that insurance is
a form of gambling. necessary and
commendable as it is?
on the theory that it is a common
sense garment, the harem skirt isn't
getting along very well
If a man has plenty of gall, people
will notice it without its being adver-
tised on an electric sign.
Father is also unsatisfactory be-
cause he is always putting his dental
work off until next MONTH
While there is a demand for honest
people, only few are in favor of
photographs telling the truth.
Letting a man talk about himself
is not the least effective bait the wom-
en- use in this matrimonial fishery.
Most men are short-winded, al
though the statement is not based on
observation of their conversational
stunts.
So far as we are concerned, very
few public speeches are so important
that they need to be sent out in ad-
vance.
You do not have to know a man in
timately before becoming familiar
with what he considers his "best
stories"
When a man is seen riding around
with an automobile agent two days in
succession, the odds begin to favor the
agent.
So far as we have been able to OBJ
serve. it doesn't make much difference
whether the piano keys are covered
with ivory or celluloid.
Men who are actually urged to run
for office and women who have had
more than one proposal of marriage
are equally scarce, no matter whai
they say.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
KANSAS COAAENT
THE CIRCUs BLESS I'm.

the circus is being put upon the
annual roast. There are some peopIe
VINO OBJECT to a circus but while they
put 1t on economic lines it is not that
at all: It is because the milk of hu-
man kindness has curdIed in their
VEINS VEINS and they have become mere
thlngs. A circus is the life of the
world. 1t is panorama that is
worth the while. When a man gets
TOO old to enjoy the circus he needs to
go TO a doctor for treatment. But
wnen ne gets too old not to want the
chlldren TO enjoy one he ought to be
dead. There is no work no place for
MIN IN this life. There IS always agi-
tation against the circus but it is the
meanness of Grabbed old age.-Law-
renee JOurnal-World
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

! sponsor for the postal savings panks
system, a. splendid incentive of keep
! ing within the country millions or DOL
| lars which heretofore annually nave
comprehensive plan of practical con-
servation. During the two years Oh ms
administration experts have devised
, methods of rigid economy along scleh-
tific ines-methods adopted and prac-
ticed by the department chiefs, result
ing in reductions in appropriations
greater by comparison than any mere
tofore known, effecting saving or JILL
900, 900 in the course Of a single year IN
the postoffice department alone
In a sentence, President TAFT has
placed the cause of the people above all
other considerations; he has executed
the pledges of the platform; he has
kept the faith. And at last, after two
years of waiting and patient endeavor.
he deserverdly occupies the highest
place in the affection and esteem of tina
American people.
ly and without the blare of trumpets.
His whole career as a public official is
splendid tribute to the efficiency of the
man who works with his brains AMI
with his hands instead of with his
tongue. The presidents training as a
judge has led him to look every issue
squarely in the face, to consider all the
facts, to determine the right and wrong
of the matter, and then to go ahead
with unflinching purpose. The people
are fast becoming accustomed to this
new type of executive and his record
of things accomplished is having its ef-
feet upon the thinking people. His
leadership is fully acknowledged, his
friends are more loyal than ever, and
his political opponents have a most
wholesome respect for his wonderful
ability.-Gus ]. Karger, in Leslie's.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

A cruel and unusual condition is
prevalent in Ohio. A number of legis-
Iators who were concerned in a brib-
cry scandal, thought they could rush
to the grand jury and secure immu-
nifty by turning states evidence. I'm
agine their dismay when the prosecu-
tor calmly announced that there had
been a slump in the evidence market.
and that it was not selling at immu-
nifty prices! This case is indeed re-
freshing, considering the fact that the
biggest crooks of the lot usually es-
cape punishment by the states evil
dence route.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1t takes more than a dab of baking
powder to raise the hopes of a hopeless
pessimist.
Love is particularly blind in the case
of the man who is deeply in love with
himself.
No old maid ever lived long enough
to admit that she was.
The most truthful woman in the
world may sometimes exaggerate the
virtues and Importance of her husband.
X
Some newly rich people have a harder
struggle to become popular than does
the bifurcated skirt.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press

Every woman rejoices over how
much faster every other woman can
grow older than she can.
A man always has a strong convic-
ton he'd be making lot of money if
it weren't for his enemies.
There's hardly anything a married
woman can be more deceptive about
than the way she can act as If she
should be envied.
When a girl has a man to dinner
her mothers only idea seems to be to
make him ashamed of himself for not
being in the family.
What a man likes more than any
thing else is to talk about the consti-
tuition, specially when he knows so
much about it he thinks congress can
amend it
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
Modern Phones in Pelxinp.

The first modern telephone system
ever established in China has been in
stalled in the city of Peking. There
are $500 subscribers in the city, but
the wires do not extend beyond the city
limits. The Chinese government paid
$150,000 to install the system. There
are two central stations. Only Chinese
operators are employed and the switch
board phraseology is that in use in the
Chinatown telephone exchange at San
Francisco
China has had in the past several of
the magnetic type, one of these being in
use in Tientsin. The plant at Peking
is Of the modern battery variety, which
has been in operation in the United
States for about II years. The wires
are laid underground.-New York
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
FTSHIN.


It's fun to go a-fishn'
In the early days of May,
It's fun to go a-fishn'
As the nibblin' fishes play,
An can't help a-wishin'
That the time was here today!
It's fun to sit a-prayin'-
At the likely fishin' hole,
An watch the gentle swayin'
or your slender fishin' pole.
OF course, it's only playin',
But it's cheerin' to the soul.
Or it's fun to be reclinin'
On the river-bank in spring,
With the warm May sun a shinin',
An the birds aroun' to sing,
o, tell you I am pinin'
For just that very thing
For It's fun to go a-fishin'
In the early days of May,
An watch the line a-swishin',
AS the ripplin' fishes play,
An can't help a-wishin'
That the time was here today
-Somerville Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

]. Pierpont Morgan has spent, dur
ing the past week, over $150.000 for an
tique books and manuscripts. Yester-
day he paid over $4,000 for a letter
written by Martin Luther. ]. Pier
pont may be a smart business man, but
it takes an unusual optical effort for a
poor man to see such values in old let
ters-unless, perchance, they are old
love letters which might figure in a
breach of promise suit.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

Since the conception of the Republi-
can party, it has advertised itself as
the exponent of prohibition, and in the
minds of many, liquor and Democratic
control are Synonymous. But in Lin
coin, Nebraska, the home of the most
noted modern Democrat, Mondays s
election ushered in the saloon license
on the wings of Republican victory. It
may be gathered that the "insurging'
of the Republican factions leads to a
general break-away from the old party
principles, as we'll as the old party
bosses
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

Professional archaeologists are re-
sponsible for a riot in Jerusalem,
which followed the theft of some sac
red relics from a Jewish sanctuary.
There seems to be a difference of
opinion between the natives of Jeru-
salem and the relic hunters; the lat
ter think the relics would look better
in an English museum, and the former
insist that said relics remain in the
place where the late Mr.. Solomon is
alleged to have placed them.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
The SheIIhacIx.

Not only the miner, but the old
fashioned sailor has a dislike of wash
ing his back. This is probably due to
an instinct for the protection of one of
the most vulnerable portions of the
human body by generous covering of
perspiration and oil and coaldust. The
Americans have a special name for the
hardened sailor-the "shellback"-and
one suspects its origin from the prac-
tice of such careful abstention.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

The Indiana farmer who killed and
buried his hired man, may make the
defense that he had tired of feeding
him. However, if the investigation
now on shows that he killed several
former farm hands, and that it was a
form of sport, rather than an occasion
with him, the defense would be of no
avail. Any one who has entertained a
farm hand, should know what to ex-
pect when he hires another one.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
What Taft Has Done.

In many measures President Taft has
reached the heights of constructive
craftsmanship. Despite all opposition.
he secured amendments to the inter
state commerce act which further safe
guard the interests of the public, and
which, by the creation of a court of
commerce, body of the highest dig
nifty, assures equal justice to the rail-
roads and the shippers. He stands
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

The Peace conference in Mexico
may be taken seriously by the partici-
pants, but to an outsider it looks like
the only "peaceable parties in Mexico
were Madero and the government en-
voy who is comforting with him.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

1t now appears that the Kansas leg
fslature has no copyright on legislative
procrastination. The Kansas Memorial
building has been delayed by reason of
the failure of the legislature to make
concentrations of sufficient size, but the
construction Of the Topeka federal
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

The Camorrist trial in Italy is the
best basis for a musical comedy which
has appeared in several seasons. A
male chorus in a cage, to butt in
while the star is singing the "Confes-
sional,'' should make an instantaneous
hit. The comedy parts could be CLEANED
from the reports Of the proceeding,
and would not require much in the way
of remodeling.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

building annex is to be held up by rea-
son of the same brand of cash conser-
walton in congress. The answer seems
to be that member, either of the leg
islature or of congress, who needs an
appropriation, should introduce his bill
for treble the necessary amount, SO that
a sufficient sum may remain after all
the conservationists have taken trim
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

Attorney General Dawson and Bank
Commissioner Dolley can not agree
concerning one of Mr.. Doliey's pet
laws. Before any blood is shed 1t
should be remembered that the su-
preme court sometimes has ideas of its
own ON questions of law.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.