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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31

outlet Of Verona Lake. It is a shallow
and rapid stream, which freezes only
in the severest weather: IN some of the
most rapid stretches it never freezes.
There are only a few deep pools in
which an animal the size of an otter
could take refuge.
When Courier reached the river
bank he saw the otter in the middle of
the river heading up the stream. The
dogs attacked the animal instantly. but
the otter had the advantage 1t seized
one dog by the nose and dragged him
under water, holding him there until
he drowned. It also bit the other dog
severely. With a broken limb which
he found on the bank of the river
Courier leaped into the. stream. He
struck the otter several blows on the
head, finally killing it.
Offers are seldom found in New Jer-
sey. An occasional one is trapped,
however, in the bottom lands of the
upper Passaic. The fur of the one
killed by Courier is said to be worth
from $50 to $1o0.-Caldwell IN. ID
dispatch to the New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
THE CEDAR CHEST.

Behold the ancestral garments Of our
The beaver bonnet and the fringed man
The rnonstrous hoop and fadeless India
shawl!
Here is the waistcoat wrought with golden
With azure roses and with violet lilies,
MY great-great-grandsire to his wedding
Worei
Now in the twilight of the long June day
Let US attire our unaccustoned shoulders
IN splendors of an attic masquerade.
And one shall wear the mighty coloners
And one the spreading flounces of his
And one the sword. and one the reticule
One shall put on the treasured farthin-
gale,
One the court headdress of the Bishops
madam,
And one the wig the beau at banouets
But ali! that we could don the stately
The curtsey deep and grave, the formal
manners
That grace the page of Pride and
Then should we blush. and with long
ringlets hide it.
Esteem our parents, cherish friends and
pray
Some one to tell us of the modes in town.
Partake dish of tea, read gazette.
Walk forth in pattens on the CAV narade
ground,
Then home to turn our endless spinning
Sarah N. Cleghorn, in the New York
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.1

rFrom the Chicago NeWs-l
A mans sole charm may be attached
to his watch chain.
A man never forgives you for letting
him do you an i'll turn
A boil may come to a head even
when located elsewhere.
TT is usually the tallest man in a
crowd who FORCES to the front.
Some people boil their drinking water
and others roast whisky.
When a man has finished his race
in this world he is out of breath
The harem skirt is an invention for
discouraging love at first sight.
Instead of attempting to drive nail
a woman should try coaxing it.
Language isn't enriched nor truth
unpublished by profanity. Cut it out.
II man can afford to own an au-
tomobile he will have more money If
he doesn't.
Love is said to be a weakness, but
1T manages to make strong bluff at
times.
Some men continue to heap Goals Of
fire on an enemy's head until they burn
their fingers.
Our idea of an unfortunate woman Is
one who possesses feet size larger
than the shoes she wears
Ordinary mortals might possibly man
age to get along without physicians.
but it would be a bitter pill for the
druggist
About the only difference between the
ANTIQUARIAN and the junk dealer is in
the prices they pay for useless articles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
HUNOR OF THE Day

Bill-what is GilPs favorite cereal? jill
Wild oats, 1 guess.-Yonkers Statesman.
Caller-wiIl the cashier be away long?
office Boy-It depends entirely on the
jury.-Roston Courier.
"'Ave We 'ad enough?'' ''Yuss, I ave.
faint cause I'm beat though, but I've
I've got a nasty 'eadache."
The virtuoso-He paid $1,000 for a Wills
tier. The Drummer-Geei You can get a
Singer for about $50.-Brooklyn Life.
DDoDctor-Now, nurse, take the
patients temperature. Patient (feebly)-
oh, doctor, do leave me something in my
system.-Baltimore American.
HE has a grudge against the plain peo-
pie" LAS to why?'' Says they wear SO
many rubbers that 1t forces up ten price
of tires."-Washington Heral4
your own baby, if you have ONE adj
vertised the enterprising photographer,
"can be enlarged, tinted and framed for
pay as much attention to your wife as
you did before you were married? H.
Peck-Lord. yes mind twice as quick
now.-Toledo Blade.
Does your motor car. give you much
trouble?' NO. replied Mr.. Chuggins. TT
is a source of great trouble, but I in
variably pay for it None of it is in the
nature of a gift-"-Washington Star.
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PLAY BALL.

It won't be long now before the UNI
pirea will yell PLAY Bali" in earnest,
and another season of the great ma
tional game will be on in all the ma
jor and minor leagues in the country.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the Canadian boundary to the
Gulf of Mexico, there will be the usual
and continuous out-pouring of the
fans on all possible occasions until
those little rags of bunting, intrinsic
ally worthless but valuable beyond a
mere price of purchase, have been won
and lost some seven months hence.
And the fact that these remnants
cannot be bought. but must be won in
fair and square play, is probably re-
sponsible in large measure for the
wonderful popularity of baseball.
During the many years it has been
played. there has been scarcely faint
of scandal connected with 1t. 1t is
the cleanest sport that has ever been
launched. It is the one sport where
underhanded methods have always
been tabooed. Merit alone counts and
wins. 1t may not be the sport of
kings but it is the sport of the COM
mon people, and the things that ap-
peal to them are always the more
worth while.
Present indications are that even
more attention will be paid by the
public to baseball during the coming
season than has been during the rec
ord-breaking seasons in this particular
in the immediate past. That seems to
be true all over the country. but it is
oCn00ial1u in fHic INN n7ia n
cality. The Western league, in which
Topeka has a team, comprises eight
of the Invest towns in the central west
ern section of the country. Great
preparations have been made in each
of these cities to put the best possible
teams in the field that league of the
caliber of the Western can maintain.
This ought to mean an exciting and
interesting contest from the beginning
of the season to the end.
Topeka's team is likely to be in the
fight from the start to finish. Never
before have the prospects for having
good ball team here been better.
The personnel of the Topeka team
seems to compare more than favor
ably with those of the other teams in.
the league. An alert and efficient ball
player is managing the team. 1t has
the backing of the public-spirited men
of the city. From the day the gates
of the ball park open for the season,
the team should have the generous
support of the entire people of the city.
Topeka is a good baseball town, one of
the best of it's size in the country. It is
filled with baseball fans of the deepest
hue, and countless other admirers of
the game. They can help the team on
to do its best with generous patron
age, and particularly at the beginning
of the season. If the team turns out to
be winner it will get the support it
deserves, but it should get the heartiest
of support during the early days of the
while it Is being welded to-
gether into its most effective combina-
ton.
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ms is SO sudden % -
II am in earnest. I love vo,, >.
Easped Cartwright
isn't your method of feI1ine
somewhat unusuaI?,,
/! don't know. This is my first ex-
tpssrlehce, Cartwright managed to
&C., Mr.. Cartwright. she said. gently,
something tells me that there is q
reason behind your sudden. surnrisin 2
behavior. Tell me what it is
cartwright was in an agony of slls-
pense- Now that he had declared his
iove, he realized how greatl-r he wanted
this sweet. sensible woman.
he begged.
mo- you must tell me first
MT. Payne ordered me to discharge
YOU. said Cartwright, coming to the
point with sudden resolution.
Why?' asked Miss Simpson in a
startled voice.
He said you were getting careless
IN your work. Complained about mis-
spelled words and erasions. Showed
me letter I admit was pretty bad,
MISS simpson. You were quoting the
Coloren-Speyer people on gray eyed
castings instead of gray-iron castings,
and you ended the letter Yours affec-
tionately' :"
''Oh. I thought I destroyed that!''
cried Miss Simpson. She was very red
indeed.
II know it was Slip" soothed Cart
wright. ST tried to tell the boss, but
he was as hard as nickel steel. De-
clared you had to go at once
And now you come here and pro-
pose to me out of pity she said, her
face suddenly growing grave.
mo! No! assure you 1 do not. I
love you dearly-honest do. I've been
wanting to tell you for a long time,
but 1--we been afraid. This sort of
gave me the necessary courage"
Rufus she said, looking straight
into his eyes. Cant you guess why
I've been making mistakes lately?''
What Cartwright saw in her eyes
made a reckless Romeo Of him.
s'Alice." he gasped, as he took her
in his arms.
They were brought back to earth by
harsh voice.
What is the meaning of this?" it
asked.
They turned and beheld Mr.. Payne
in the doorway looking very sour and
belligerent.
1T means that I have fired Miss
Simpson" replied Cartwright, looking
his superior squarely in the eye.
Mr.. Payne glared at them for some
time. and then smiled little.
"a rather novel method of doing it,
Cartwright" he said. Novel, and
what is more commandments
-(Copyright, 1911, by Associated Lit
erary PreSS.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31

ton has been paid to the decision of
the Oklahoma courts In the premises.
Indeed, the location of the Oklahoma
capital during the past few years has
apparently been where the former
governor. Mr.. Haskell, hung his hat.
And since Haskell retired from office
the actual location of the capital is a
matter of mystery. Parts of It seems
to be at Guthrie. Other parts are at
Oklahoma City. and still other parts
are frequently in transit between the
two places.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Can the doctors spell all of the big
words they use?
It seems easy enough for the other
fellow to say mo-"
1t used to be said that big mouth
was a sign of a big heart.
Bad pie, and not the Lords ven
geance, has killed many men.
You may be entitled to the benefit
of the doubt, but the chances are you
won't get it.
A mans mail hardly ever amounts
to as much as he imagineS it will be-
fore he opens it.
We don't spell very well in The
Globe office, but have worn out big
dictionary trying.
Most of the other fellows success is
credited to luck, and the rest of it to
a penurious disposition.
When a man gets in jail. he should
MT kick about the grub; the jail new
er advertises for boarders.
It is also possible to attract atten-
ton by getting in just a few minutes
after the whistle blows.
One could pardon an agent his po-
likeness, or even approve it, if it
wasn't for his perseverance,
Some men resemble a family horse
in their ability to make an empty
wagon appear like heavy load.
There are exceptions to most rules.
but no boy ever picked Strawberries
without getting his lips stained.
From the names of most of the
thoroughbred sheep, we infer they are
not named by the Mexican herders.
There are also few unusual peo-
pie who can have their pictures taken
without s2ringing old jokes on the
photographer.
You can't realize what a hero you
are until an accident insurance man
begins to tell you what grave dangers
you face daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
KANSAS cOAAENT
FLAT


The Texas land boom of which you
used 70 hear so much, has fattened
out, and people who invested money
are, IN most cases. repenting at their
There is. of course. all kinds of land
in Texas. Some of it may be good;
much of it is bad. The Texas land
agents were very skilful lot of men;
.hey could make pretty good show
ing for pretty poor land, and they
FOOLED lot of Kansas people whom
they took down there on grand excur-
sions.
OF course this system worked all
right Tor while, but gradually the
people who had been down there and
tried 1t commenced to file their re-
ports, and now you don't hear much
about Texas land
Men who thought thew had made
fortunes in Texas land have, in some
cases, found their fortune vanishing
away. Men who have sold their Kan
sas farms and put their good money
INTO Texas land are ruling their misfor-
tune.
There may be spots in Texas which
are all that fancy paints or land agents
describe, but they are not the ones
that were shown to most of the Kan
sas buyers.-Salina Journal.
THINGS NOT WHAT THEY. SEEM.
tity that you eat that makes you fat,
but the amount that you assimilate. 1t
is not the amount that you earn that
makes you better off, but the amount
that you save. 1t is not what you say
that makes people mad. but the way
you say it. 1t is not what brand of re-
ligion that you have that makes a
good man of you, but it is the manner
in which you use it that counts. We
admire the pretty blossom. but We
love the fruit. The painted girl is all
right, but the one that does not paint
is better. 1t is not what you think
you are when all swelled up. with
pride, Importance and pomposity that
makes the town or community better,
but it is your noble acts, and a true
character that is of lasting import
ance. A little paint on the side of a,
house may hide a knot hole, SO may
a silk tile cover an empty Uranium.
The successful man is a man of few
words, and 'tgitter," rather than a
sitter" and the man who talks the
most does the least thinking because
he does not give his brain time to act
are not as they appear on the surface.
-Americus Greeting.
THE WRONG KIND OF CITIZENS.
The men who do town more harm
than good may be elassed as follows:
F1rSt, those VINO oppose improvements.
Second, those who run it down to
strangers. Third, those who distrust
public-spirited men. Fourth, those
who never advertise their business.
Fifth, those who show no hospitality
to anyone. Sixth. those who hate to
see others make money Seventh.
those who oppose every movement
that doesn't originate with themselves.
Eighth. those who put on long faces
whe ma stranger speaks of locating
in the town. NINTH those who oppose
every public enterprise which does not
appear of personal benefit to them
selves. Tenth, those who critieise ev-
cry man who tries to do something in
a public way.-Russell Springs Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Too many people let others do their
thinking.
Among the few-and-far-betwe are
original ideas.
A joke has to be coarse or vulgar to
make much of hit with some people.
X X
It's strange, but nonetheless a fact,
that doing ones full duty is generally
unpleasant.
All work and no play may make Jack
a dull boy but all play and no work is
likely to make him something worse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
SETBACK FOR SOCIALISM.

The Milwaukee Socialists Jared badly
in the spring primary, in their fight to
gain control of the school board. So far
from showing the strength of year
ago, when Mayor Seidl was elected, or
last fall, when they sent Victor Berger
to congress. it is considered doubtful
that any of their candidates will pull
through in the city election in Aprtl-
No one reason can be assigned for the
81 mp, which came as a great surprise
to the Socialist leaders. The result
however, seems to indicate that feel
ing of lethargy has seized upon the So
cialist strongholds. particularly where
the population is of foreign origin.
Naturally, these adherents could nor
be made to understand that many Of
the reforms the Socialists promised to
bring about must wait pending changes,
in the state constitution and the
amending of laws accordingly. This
was big undertaking. perhaps too big
for any party, and the failure of the
plan leaves many of the proposed
paterralistic propositions in the air.
Perhaps it is not too much to say the
Republicans and Democrats have found
less fault with the new regime than Its
immediate supporters. The dissatisfied
made no cutlery, but gave expression to
their changed attitude toward the party
organization by absenting themselves
from the polls.-Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
QUAKER NTEDTFATIoNs.

LF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
A broken heart is Cupid's autopsy.
) It's all right to get to the bottom Of
things, but don't throw mud.
The modern idea of piker seems
to be any man who lives within his in
come.
When the telephone girl resigns her
job would you say that she had retired
from the ring?
Many a woman doesn't come hon.
estly by her complexion. in spite of the
fact that she pays the druggist.
MiIly-'T put away my last years
bathing suit in camphor, but it evapor-
ated." Billy-'The bathing suit?''
Nell--sMen are such helpless things.n
Belle-ssYes. they can't even fall IN
love without good bit of assistancess
wigwag-"Is that your dog, Sap
hedde?" Saphedde-"Yes, and he's a
fine dog. That animal knows as much
as do" Wfgwag-"Tn give you &c
cents for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
FROM OTHER PENS
1rALY AND AUsrRIA.

We hear now and then of Italia Ir-
redenta without knowing exactly what
it means, many not realizing that Italy
nurses a grievance against Austria
that might easily lead to open conflict
in spite of the fact that they are both
members of the Triple Alliance. For
treaties are of value just so long as
they are kept; and they are kept just
SO long as nations please
Italy can not forget that Austria
held possession of Lombardy and
Venetia until driven out in the last
century. and the memories of Austrian
rule are not pleasant ones. But the
great cause of irritation is that Aus
tria still holds the Trent valley, which
italians think is properly part OF Italy,
and that across the head of the Adri-
attic lie provinces, ! once Venetian,
where nearly million Italians live in
the hope that they will some time
become citizens of the mother coun-
try, This is the Italia Irrendenta or
Italian dreams and ambitions.
The incident that actually starts a
war is seldom the real cause, which
lies deeper. And so it is not impossi-
Bile that the naming of a street IN
Rome may be the actual excuse for
war. The Roman municipality mas
given to a street the name OF Ober-
dank, an enthusiastic Irredentist who
tried to kill the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph. Austria has not yet protested
officially. but this street name viii
rankle with the AustrianS so long as II
remains-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31

Colonel Roosevelt has again cham
pioned the peoples right to criticize
United States judges, But the great
drawback to such an activity is that
1t never seems to accomplish much.
Criticism seems to have no more eff
feet on United States judges than does
water on a drake,s. back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31

Reports are going out that the
wheat in several sections of western
Kansas viii only yield from 80 to so per
cent Of q normal crop. This is the
time of year for reports of that kind,
hut when harvest time comes around
there is usually another and a bette
story to tell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
TFrom the New york Press.l

From the New. YOTK PFess.I
Two lies don't hold water even as
we'll as one.
The less sincere a mans f1attery to
a woman the more she will forgive
him for it.
The worst indignity man can show
his wife is not to notice new ribbon
she has on.
doesn't break his neck thinks it was
because he was SO smart about the
way he did it.
A man will cheerfu1ly pay So for a
dollars worth of food downtown, but
he wants five dollars worth for so
cents at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31

China has replied to Russia's ulti-
matum and has granted further con-
cessions to the car, but more trouble
for the Celestial Kingdom is expected
later on. When it comes to getting
into trouble of all kinds China is in a
class by itself And China is imposed
On good deal by her more powerful
naionhnrs
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Hey. Poets. Look Here.

Dear Editor: Will you kindly
announce that David Milton
Baum, national organizer and
walking delegate of the Fedora
ton of Poets. Monumental Chap
ter No. 1, of Baltimore, is here. g.
where he hopes to organize the
Great White Way Chapter, No. 2;
in fact, to unite all the bards into
one grand body, Baltimore being
the parent body, Chapter No. 1.
DAVID MILTON BAUM,
w. D. M. C. C. No. 1. G. w. B. H.
o. P. I. A. of the S. o. Md.
This clarion call of a brother in Par
nassus doated into the Times office on
a telegraph blank in the hand of the
official office boy. The national organ
izer and walking delegate of the Fed
Grafton of Poets. Monumental Chap
ter No. 1, of Baltimore. was outside.
sT am the national organizer and
walking delegate of Monumental
Chapter No. 1 of the Grand United
brotherhood of Inspired Poets of
he said in application of his initial
announcement my object is to or
ganize a Great White Way Chapter,
No. 2, of the Inspired Brotherhood of
Poets of America, Baltimore, the Mon
umental City, having the, first. I am
it's youngest member. Prof. Willlam
Carroll, Of the Baltimore News is the
second organizer.
e.Mv main object is to form a body
that shall hold friendly contests in
rhyme now and then to determine
what city can lay claim to having the
best poets"
Modestly the national organizer and
walking delegate of the First chapter
of the Sons of the Muse. who is %
wears Young, pulled from his laughter
less sleeve a long clipping from Balti-
more newspaper containing some or
his bids Ter that first honor in Buck
inr Pegasus Even in the first, there
was flying:
Winters days will soon be flying:
Then we'll be happy, you and l,
Though they say our love Is h oy,hs'
She was very young. for he con-
tinues:
/ wait until you are of age,
would I wait in vain2
Would you keep me in this rage,
And fiji me with such pain?
Then. with the deep and true intro
snection of the inspired bard, he con-
tinues:
All. love, is this my reward?
How can you be SO cruel?
For YOU hurt me worse than the
deadly sword,
Love has made me the FOOL
The walking delegate and the ma
tional organizer of songbirds brought
with him from the Monumental City
also a few proverbs, one OF Whicn was
Always try and raise the fallen,
You may need a push yourself.
Verse writers of Manhattan, ready
for the tourney, calls the Bard. The
baltimore paper stated that Walking
Delegate and National Organizer
Baum is the chief poet of that city
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31

Francisco 1. Madero, leader of the
Mexican revolution. is also something
of humorist. He has just issued de-
cree organizing the republic of Mexico
into seven groups of states. each group
to be known as war zone, and the in
surrectos in each group to constitute
an army corps. Unless all reports on
the number of rebels in the field are
faulty some of these army corps Will
exist merely In the imagination of Mr.,
Madero and his friends. There ara
large sections of Mexico where they
haven't scarcely heard as yet that
revolution is in progress in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31

Is there never to be an end to po-
htical agitations in Kansas? Guberna-
torial booms that can not come to a
head for eighteen months and more
are already being exploited. What a
relief it would be to the people who
would like a little time to attend to
their own affairs If the terms of state,
county and municipal officers were
heightened to four years?