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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
THE PRINTERS UNION.

| 1t is a remarkable fact that in all
of the charges and counter charges
which have been made in connection
with the demolition of the Los Angeles
| Times building, in all of the discussion
both pro and con in connection with the
recent arrest of labor leaders on accu-
sations that they dynamited this build
ing, there has not been suggestion or
a suspicion expressed that the Inter
national Typographical Union, or any
of its locals, has had even a little
finger in the unfortunate pie.
And yet it was with this union that
Gen. Otis, the proprietor OF the Times,
had mis- first differences with organized
labor. These differences were never
settled and they were responsible for
fomenting the trouble that has devel-
oped and has existed for several
years back between various labor
unions and certain capitalistic interests
in Los Angeles along other parts of
the Pacific coast and in other states in
the far west.
I, Even in the most bitter charges that
Gen. Otis and his more intense friends
have made against organized labor in
connection with the destruction of the
Times building, not an intimation- has
been found that the Typographical
Union was in any way connected with
it.
This is rather wonderful testimony
indeed of the reputation of this big
union for honesty and integrity, for
square-dealing and for square-fghting.
The original labor party to the strug-
gle that was responsible for the big
anti-organized labor movement in the
western states, it is given clean bill
of health of having had any connection
with any of the outrages which organ
lied labor in that section of the coun-
try is alleged to have perpetrated.
It's the silver lining to the cloud that
has been thrown, temporarily at least,
around organized labor 1t shows that
labor unions can be conducted in such
a fashion that they will demand the
respect of all people even in times of
stress. And if more of the labor unions
of the country would pattern their or
CARNATIONS after that of the Inter-
Typographical Union, it would
not be great while before all organ
lied labor would be accorded greater
consideration and be of much more
benefit to its participants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
A REAL PEST HOUSE NEEDED

One thing that this locality seems to
need above all others is an adequate
public pavilion or hospital of some
sort where suitable isolation and care
can be given to those who become af-
fiicted with any and all sorts of conta-
gious and infectious diseases.
This fact has certainly been pressed
home more forcibly than ever of late
by recent happenings here. Scarcely
anybody could have read without a
shudder of horror the treatment that
was accorded by some of the public
authorities to the Mexican who was
found near the city the other day suf-
fering from a severe attack of small
pox. The only charitable view that
can be taken of these actions is that
the particular public officers guilty of
them were really at something of a.
loss to know what to do with the sick
man, although that hardly excused
their actions.
More recently a transient in the
city developed a severe case of diph-
liberia. And he could not even be
taken to the city pest house. There
were three smallpox patients at that
place and it has no accommodations
for the isolation of persons affected
with different diseases Indeed. it is
wholly inadequate for the care of
smallpox patients. So for a makeshift
the hospital ward, or room! in the citv
jail was prepared for this sufferer and
he is being accorded as good treatment
as could be given to any one under the
circumstances. But no one will argue
that the city Jail, or any room in if. is
proper place for the handling of
such case.
What Topeka and Shawnee county
needs is some proper place or places
to handle all patients who succurnb tn
contagious diseases, ana who either
have no permanent home here or no
accommodations in their homes for
treatment. And because the CITY and
the county each need such a place. it
appears that this is a project on which
they could combine forces. They
might jointly erect or equip and Joint
ly maintain such a place where all
kinds of contagious disease patients
might be cared for at one and the
same time. The expense of such an
undertaking would not be large. 1t
might be the means of preventing the
development of serious epidemic of
some sort in the city and the county
But above all it surely would do away
with any possible heartless and inhu-
man treatment of such transients in
the city who fall victim to dread dis
eases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.

LFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Denying it doesn't amount to much
as evidence.
A man can be smart and not plead
his own case very well.
If you are drawing wages you don't
earn your rainy day isn't far or
No restaurant ever made a success
by serving cleo and paper napkins.
y ANY man looks somewhat shiftless
while standing with his hands in his
pockets.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned boy who carved picture on MS
slate?
Fortunately, it isn't easy to convince
a sick man that he isn't going to re-
cover if he isn't
When your curiosity runs away with
YOU. that isn't any sign it is going to
find what it is after.
You can't make fair guess by the
way a widow carries on" how long
her grief is going to last
Our idea of a cheerful person is one
who can be greatly pleased by winning
game of solitaire
Remember that there are various
ways of emphasizing your remarks
without swearing about them.
An incubator chicken doesn't mind
being an orphan, never having had
taste of maternal affection.
You needn't worry much about the
trusts grinding you down if you help
yourself up as much as you can
Considering the kind of hats they
wear women go to too much trouble
to protect them when caught out in
the rain.
School teachers know a lot, but there
are many of them who haven't learned
not to take themselves too seriously.
If a woman is convinced. she can
make a fool of a man, she is apt to
do it; if not, she frequently makes
fool Of herself.
You can usually locate a toothpick
in some of your pockets when making
a microscopic search for a match that
isn't there. can't you?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
FROM OTHER PENS
END SEAT MAN.

1t is held by some students of his
tory that every. phase of civilization
contains within itself the germ of its
own undoing. If this be true, there
can be no difficulty about locating
the trouble of today. Whatever may
| be the other evils, the end-seat hog
stands, or rather" sits, pre-emtn ent
among the portentious factors. Where
he goes none can say. Sufficient for
| the day is the evil thereof, and his is
| a long day, for he comes with the
blue birds and fingers until the last
open trailer is shunted into the bars.
| From now on the end-seat hog will
be encountered twice on every trip
| once when you get on, and again when
you get off. Under stress of actual
physical pressure he has been known
to move an inch, but normally he is a
synonym for inertness. Compared
with his passive gaze, the eyes of the
dead fish sparkle with animation.
Can he be reformed? Only with a
shotgun. Will the breed ever die
out? 1t is not likely. Statistics and
experience show that for everyone
waited to Satan's waiting arms there
are 100000 waiting to shove into
the vacant seat. To plead with him
were as promising of good results as
to discuss the principles of pragma-
ton with naked Patagonian. Abuse
with a clothes dummy or a cigar
store Misunderstanding Post.
| ANOTHER PASSING VETERAN.
The retirement of Senator Frye from
| the presidency of the upper house Of
congress probably removes from active
political life one Of the few remaining
| links between the new senate and the
old. He belongs to the day of Hale
Aldrich and Depew. He has nothing in
common with Cummins, LaFollette and
Bristow, of the new school. He is more
a memory than laWmaker.
Frye has been in the senate longer
than any other member, having sue
ceeded James G. Blaine in March,
1881. Earlier that same year Hale
went to the senate and before the
year wa sout Aldrich became a SEN
ator. Cullom came two years later.
These four constituted the quartet of
senate veterans-men who thought in
the past and stood shoulder to should
er in opposition to any project brand
| ed new. Two are now out of the sem
ate, Frye is shedding his responsible
| ties and Cullom remains hardly more
than a memory though answering roll
calls as Of old.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[F'rom the Chicago News.
It's easy to economic if you haven't
the money.
Beware of the straight tip. 1t may
lead to a crooked deal.
But the safest get rich quick scheme
of all is to inherit it.
It's difficult for people to generate
advice that is foolproof.
A woman isn't necessarily good
cook because she is a good rooster.
You do some things well and some
otherwise-but what's your average?
And some people can't see the good
of being good unless other people find
it out.
When a girl knows that man loves
h,r she always likes to pretend to
doubt it.
When a woman tells man she en-
joys hearing him talk, it means that
he is an excellent listener.
A man never gets too old to remem-
Der some of the things that never oc-
Cured when he was a boy.
Every mothers son of us would get
a harp and crown If the Lord would
only take our dear mothers word
for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
A CURE FOR THE RITES

Wnat!. Moping just because the skies
are ouit and dark and, gray?
detected. long-faced Just because
The rain beats down today?
why piess you, child It doesn't help
TO let the tears drip, too.
Just wipe your eyes and look around
For some good work to do.
There's nothing helps when YOU are blue
Like helping set things right
h1nd service fills the darkest day
with sweetness and with light
AND when you're feeling out of sorts
The very wiSest plan
is to lind out what others want
And help them all you can.
so look around and study up
Some helpful thing to do;
you'll find that cheering others lives
VIII brighten life for you.
Look up the real misfortunes
And ease their aches and pains,
And while you feel you're doing good
You'll never know it rainsi
-Somerville Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
HVAOR or THE DRY

| Hague take that womanl"
Girl y t thta she Is the most beautiful
mat may be. But she obstructs nv
view OF second base."-Pittsbnrar POST my
WiiHe.-,What's the most feroc,ous ami.
MAJ IN the circus, papa?
rPa-The calliope, my son.-woman,s
home Companion. 'iitAl
-di fo uo never ~. had measles at your school
And you never had a fit in the street
i did?-London Opinion. " @'ie ''''
w nat you ought to do said the sage
s aoviser. is to meet every man and how
AZ ySor community face to face .
ra- mere only one way to manage that
politics I'll have to get nosittnr 1iit as
i neaes r St at the ball unds."~Wash-
Bitter Cat servants agencv,-1Ja,,, ,,o,,
e1s COOK who will go to the country?
-on ma11ager calling out to girls in next
Life. ene country
Tn quite a near neishbor of vo,,r,
now, said Mrs. Bore: s'Tm ,,t vr i,ss
across the bay" III HVng just
Indeed replied Miss Smart .e1 bona
yomn drop in some day."-The House,
Aesop was writing his fables
why don't you get one about IT be-
ING cheaper 70 own your own home thar
to pay rent?' sneered a sub,,rt,e o r1t IMAM
Me herewith he saw lost opportunity
Old Party-Ah. Playing I.ondo., r,-,s
is Falling Down? oOn BRUCE
,Gwendolyn Richdad-Oh, no. We're
razed to make room for a 4O-storv slxvs
scraper.-Puck. shy
Morallst-Ah, kind friend, it is deeds.
not WORDS, that count Friend-Oh. 4
don't know. Did you ever send fela
gram?-Chicago Journal ee'S-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
Bible as Detective.

The Bible was used until quite re-
cent years for the detection of thieves.
DR.. Jessopp told in 1882 how there were
still persons living who had witnessed
the ordeal to which an East Anglican
person subjected his servants when his
cash box was missing. He ordered
them all into his bedroom, and ranged
them around the walls. From the GEN.
ter of the ceiling hung the rope used
to lower collins into the church yard
graves, wound round a Bible, from
the leaves of which projected the
church door key. This was sent spin
ming round and the one at whom the
key pointed when 1t stopped was pro-
claimed as the thief. Happily the man
thus marked out was able to prove an
alibi But this did not convince the
servants that the test was a bad one.
They only concluded that the thief was
not there.-London Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelpnia Press

CFrom the Philadelphia Press.
The fact that poverty is no crime
doesn't seem to affect the punishment
thereof.
When some other fellow makes a
tool of you he doesn't want you to be
too sharp.
What one man can never under
stand is why another man can't resist
temptation.
If you don't want to meet with dis
appointment all you have to do is look
for trouble.
Many a married man has to look
over the society columns to see when
his wife is at home.
It's all right to bet on the under dog
if you are reasonably sure he is going
to get on top.
Some people can't help making
money any more than other people
can't help losing it.
When the heavy dresser's trousers
bag at the knees it seems strange that
it should make him uneasy.
No Maude, dear; the cheapest stocks
to buy are not always those that have
been damaged by water.
Sillicus-''Thes very mention of a
ship makes some people sick" Cynicus
Yes, especially courtship.'
Tommy's Mamma@fT hear you have
been fighting with one of those little
boys next door and gave him a black
eye" Tommy-"Yess You see
they's twins, an I wanted some way
to tell 'em apart"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
Fighting and Oratorx.

Charley Mann went from Townson
to Washington under the protecting
wing of Hon. j. Fred Talbot in the
Forty-sixth Congress, which is to say
8 years ago. The Hon. J. Fred got his
protege a job at the Capitol, and he
has had one there ever since, though
there have been intervals when look
ing down from the correspondents
gallery, where he in time got to be
boss Cor more properly superintend-
ent), the Baltimore county man failed
to discern the kindly face of the gem
tleman who was his original sponsor.
Congresses come and go; giants of
politics strut their appointed time in
the national arena to be succeeded by
men who in days to come also attain
giant stature, but Charley Mann never
goes.
He is as fixed and immovable as the
dome on the Capitol itself and wheth-
er the house is dominated this year by
the Republicans and the next by the
Democrats matters not one iota to
hi q He is as big a man in his way
as most of the lawmakers, for he is
the ruler over that important section
of the big granite building which is
given over to the newspaper men.
Years ago they decided that they
wanted Charley to run their end of
their comfort, and he will be superin
tendent of the press gallery till old
Father Time orders the curtain rung
down on the last act, which his legion
of friends hope will be many years
distant.
"Great doings L have seen in the
house in my day." said Mr.. Mann,
reminiscently, at the Rennert- Real
ly, my friends, we are living in such a
tame and quiet age that 1 often won
der if 1 did not dream of those stir
ring bygone scenes instead of actually
witnessing them. But they are no
dreams. I have seen men almost be-
like enraged tigers on the floor of the
house. I have seen knives drawn and
caught the CLINT from the polished
barrels of wicked-look -six-shooters.
have even seen statesmen in the fury
of passion jump from enc desk top
to another hurting books and heavy
things at the heads of offending col
leagues.
SCI have seen-but why go on re-
counting unpleasant episodes. 1 have
been witness to a tremendous lot of
inspiring and glorious incidents and
auditor of some of the finest eloquence
that ever originated in the brain of
man. I am really glad that the an
Gent fighting propensity that occa-
sionally caused otherwise sedate gen
tlemen to forget their good manners is
almost a thing of the past. AS we get
older we love peace; and, remember,
a fellow who started in the Forty
sixth Congress is not in the category
of spring chickens" - Baltimore
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Prisons could not be made large
enough if numbering a tune were a
crime.
The best real estate men are those
who can quickly dispose OF poor prop
erty.
4 ~
Wearing the first straw hat or the
season is nothing much for any man to
gloat over.
4 -
Many a young man who has asked
the girls father for her hand has re-
ceiyed the old gentleman's foot.
n
Lots of people complain about the
treatment accorded them, but it's like
Iy they are treated much better than
they deserve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

didn't you? Impudent2 Why, it's far
worse. don't see how you can excuse
yourself" sse
..The only excuse have is that I'm
{ also a poet"
81 came out here to write a poem on
grief" said Miss Dora, as she stepped
i back a pace, land you come along and
make fun of it,
But don't think did so very bad
ly," he defended, as he reached for the
sheet in her hand. Let me read the
verses aloud and see if the rhymes and
the sentiment are not maintained"
| and finished the first verse, but before
he could begin on the second, the girl
stopped him with the ingenious query.
do you really and truly think that is
poetry"
mo. really and truly DON'T he
laughed.
81 was sad when wrote my part
And 1 was in a hurry to get away
when 1 wrote mine. I think you are
Miss Harden. am Mr.. Archer Wayne.
The family lives on the hill a mile
away, but I have been travelling, and
just got home. AS for poetry
"YeS?"
ct think we are both poets, but we
can't write poetry!"
But they both proved to be good
takers, which is the next best thing
and young Mr. Wayne called, and they
talked and talked, and the more they
talked the more interested they be-
came, and at the present juncture
they are happily looking forward to a
trip that may extend around the world
before they settle down.-(Copyright
ed, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

It IOlII Iu0 VIEW 4 UIk ETesS.
Regulations don't thrive with very
much light on them.
Every good thing a man could do ii
he only had the money he wouldn't dc
if he had it.
The man who never makes a fool
of himself wouldn't think so if it was
somebody else doing it.
The only people who don't think they
can take care of themselves in any sit
uation are those who really can.
If a man could make his wife COM
prehend how much it helps his bust
ness for him to go to baseball games
he'd almost be willing to go to a re-
ception with her once a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

There will be general agreement. ex-
cent among the wealthy. perhaps, with
the contention of Woodrow Wilson
that fines are useless penalties to i'm
pose on rich folk who are convicted
of high crimes and misdemeanors- 1t
is also equally true that Jail sentences
often impose hardships on poor people
who are convicted of petty offenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

President Diaz's announced inten-
ton to resign has considerable of a
string to 1t. He says he will do so
after peace is restored in Mexico. when
according to the dictates of his con-
science he is sure that his resignation
win not be followed by anarchy. 1t
has been the contention of Diaz and
his followers for a long time that an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

Perhaps Colorado and the rest of the
nation will not be so bad off with only
one representative from that state in
the United states senate during the
next two years. At least some people
hold to the opinion that things would
be much better for several of the states
and the country as a whole if a few
of the present senators could be elm
srafad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

This municipal controversy at Hum
newell, where a woman is having all
sorts of trouble in administering the
Office of the mayoralty, is beginning to
assume the proportions of huge joke
to which altogether too much attention
is being paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

No less than forty-two fairs are to
be held in Kansas this summer and
fall. Some time the Kansas legislature
will wake up to the fact that as much
as a million dollars would be an excel
lent investment in state fair, and one
that would be appreciated by the agri-
culturists of the commonwealth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09
Professors at the Chicago University

Professors at the Chicago University
will have to look we'll to their laurels.
A Harvard professor insists that a
turtle is more nearly related to bird
than a fish, and, what is more, pos
sesses a highly developed nervous sys-
tenn, capable of memory, intelligence
and Iovable tendencies. In other words
a swapping turtle would make fine
net or a delightful companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

Senator Bristow says that Senator
Ia Toilette was squelched by the Re
publican regulars because he knows too
much. However, this being squelched
will probably not work much of a
hardship on La Toilette for as Cowper
has said: But they who truth and
wisdom lead can gather honey from a
mad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

archy would be sure to reign in Mex
leo whenever Diaz retired from the
presidency, either through resignation
or death. But maybe Diaz has changed
his mind about this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

Many fish tales are OF the hot stuff
variety, but the one on the end of that
eight pound sucker, which Topped
around in a bonfire on the bank of the
Mohawk river and so scattered the
embers that they started a costly fire
IN a freight car, seems to have made
the record in this particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

Every inch a king and then some.
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand, ruler of Ba-
varia, who happens to be a physician
on the side, has completely cured an
American girl of consumption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

Giving gold medals to Andrew Car
negie is sure to become popular. The
Pan-American union die SO the other
day and received a return gift of
100000 from the steel king.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

Even a governors contingent fund
seems to have its limitations. State
Treasurer Tulley will not permit Gov
ernor Stubs to use his to pay the ex-
penses of the state grain department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

Reports come in almost daily. oc-
casionally two or three a day which
tell OF men and boys being severely
hurt and seriously injured on the base
ball fields. And the reformers who
would abolish football because of the
injuries it occasions are not consistent
enough to let out even so much as a
IittIa Yip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

Philadelphia is valiantly battling
down its unenviable reputation of be-
ing a slow town. Its male inhabitants
have already begun to wear the straw
hats of summer.