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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

ions to share their joys AMI sorrows,
but the latter are few and far between
IN Kansas. Nor do they have much
difficulty in enticing the young women
teachers to drop their pedagogic ca
reers before they are fairly begun
What are the charms of presiding over
a school room and being worried into
a nervous fit two or three times a day
by possible future presidents of the
United States and embryo leaders in
the cause Of the uffragettes-what are
the charms of such life when set up
along side of being mistress Of a Kan
sas farm, with an agrarian plutocrat
for lord and master? This is one of
those questions that answers itself.
Now all the young men of Kansas
are just as keen to get married and
have home Of their own as are the
young women. But what show has a
young man who chooses a teaching
career TO attain these desirable ends
if he starts it in>t1e rural schools at
little better than starvation wages per
month? How could he hope to get a
fair companion to share such lot E?
Well, he'd have to take IL out in hopes
as a general thing. So one of the
reasons that attracts 50 many of the
Kansas girls to teaching careers, IN
doubleday is keeping the young men
out of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
HOW TO SAVE DIILLIoNs.

Proper reclamation of the wet lands
of Kansas would mean from Is to 80
million dollars annually in increased
farm products. says the Kansas In
dustrialist. This would be enough
money. if properly invested. to pay
for draining the entire wet land area
in two to five years.
In the last eight months. H. B.
Walker of the State Agricultural col
lege, drainage engineer. has visited
% farms and FIVE drainage districts.
looking after the reclamation of the
wet lands of the state.
Drainage conditions in 80 counties
in the eastern part of the state were
studied. A distance Of $500 miles was
Travelled. More data are being taken by
the drainage engineer as rapidly as
possible.
Think CT 5000 square miles of land
in Kansas, the best in the state, agri-
cultural1y, that is not cultivated
proftably on account of excessive
moisture! These are the figures of the
drainage engineer.
Such an area would include a strip
20 miles wide, extending from the
north to the south border Of the state
An area almost as large as Con-
necticut. In some instances the rec
lamation of these lands may be
brought about by Strengthening and
deepening the river channels, or by
tile drainage.
The organization of drainage dts
tricts, or cooperative drainage is
necessary where it is attempted to
straighten. a river course or deepen
the channel. The undertaking is too
large for a single landowner to care
to assume the responsibility, or the
trouble. The drainage projects are
usually private Improvements. It is
new undertaking in Kansas, but
where proper systems are constructed
the results have been successful.
The wet lands Of the state are good
agricultural lands-good for corn,
wheat, or alfalfa; land that will pro-
duce maximum yields. All they need
is draining. Farmers in the overflow
districts along the river valleys cult
vate their crops in a haf-hearted way
because they have no assurance that
| they will harvest a crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
JAYHAWKER JOTS

It is not always wise to tell all you
know, advises the Blue Mound Sun
but it is a good idea to know all you
tell.
1t is one of the paradoxes of life,
says the Home Circle editor of the
Havensville Review. that the more a
woman keeps her husband in hot
water. the colder he grows toward her.
A proof of the absence of vanity
among the fair sex in the present age,
says a Normal note in the Barber
County Index, is that none of the girls
in the photography class was able to
give the meaning of the word rouge"
Bert Walker says that dozens of men
in every community lead double lives.
That is, they are Roaring Lions when
they are stalking up and down Main
street. but mere Cottontaii Rabbits
when at home and in the presence of
Her.
Many a man would bea millionaire,
says the Gridley Light, If he was as
squeezy with his money as he is with
kind words. Likewise many a mil
lionaire would 60 broke If he was as
generous with his money as he is with
his advice.
The Missouri Pacific viii spend $780,
100000 in improving their lines in
Kansas, notes the Holton Recorder and
it adds: People who travel on the
Northwestern are hoping that at least
thirty cents of that amount will be
spent on that road.
''It is to be hoped" says the Bucklin
Banner, that the good roads conven-
lions now being held over the state
will lead to the building of a road
which will cross the entire state" The
Banner seems to forget that such a
road or other roads cannot be built
with words.
Clerin ZumwaIt has left u.s. and
will 'pussy-fOot" for the Anti-Saloon
league of Illinois. If Clerin pursues
the same tactics in Dear Old Illinois
that he did in Kansas. we may expect
to receive him back one of these fine
days done up in a box with express
prepaid.-Olathe Register.
Lawyers stand up in court houses be-
fore jurors. in the presence of large
audiences and denounce men as liars,
scoundrels, thieves and perjured vii
lains and when court adjourns the men
appear to harbor no i'll will against
them. But let g newspaper family in
innate a mans character is blemished
and he has to face q horse pistol. stand
trial or suffer what the people think TO
be the greatest of all modification
lose a subscriber. Why, we would like
to ask, has a lawyer any more right to
tell the truth about a man than an
editor ALLEN Enterprise.
A pessimistic wall from the Quinter
Advocate: The wheat might have
been three feet high, ready to harvest
with a yield of twenty bushels to the
acre but it isn't. The oats and speltz
might be two feet high waving in the
breeze with a promise of a large yield,
but it isn't The alfalfa might have
made ton and a half to the acre and
be almost ready to cut again, but it
isn't The corn might be waist high
and growing an inch a day, but it ism t
In fact, it is only three to six inches
high and needing rain. although most
of it is a good color. The wind might
be blowing a gentle zephy~ instead Of
twenty miles an hour, but it isn't. The
dust might be lying quietly on the sur
face of the earth, but it isn't. "Of
all sad words of tongue or typewriter,
The crops are light and may be
| lighter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
HOME PRODUCTS HAVE CAIT,.

Under new test that has been es-
taohshed by the city commissioners, at
the suggestion of the city engineer,
topeka made bricks do not come up
TO the necessary standards for street.
paving This, it is said, win result in
the closing down of the brick plant
that has been operated near this city
Tor many years. One hundred men
nave been employed at tins plant, and
they will be thrown out of work.
1t is presumed that the city en-
gineer knows his business. It is also
fact that the people of Topeka who
pay for the street pavernents out of
their own pockets and IN addition to
the regular taxes are entitled to have
the most serviceable brick used. But
there is contention of the brick com
pany, which appears to be substantial
ed by some experts. that the test which
has been prescribed is too severe, and
that the Topeka made bricks are suit
able in every way for street paving
even if they do not meet all the re-
auirements of the test. This matter
of the quality of bricks and the stand
ards they should meet is of a tech
meal sort that can only be decided hy
those who are familiar with the sub
ject.
But the fact viii not Gown that the
Topeka made bricks have been used
on the streets Of this city for many
years, and so far as is known they
have given general satisfaction. At
least not much complaint has been
heard about any of the pavements that
have been laid with the bricks or their
capacity for wear and tear. And there
certainly should not be any undue dis
elimination against the products of a
home industry
One of the slogans Of the day that
is worth while insists on the patronage
of home made goods of all kinds. A
big home market gives stability and
encouragement to any local business or
trade. And the city authorities should
be the last ones to set an example of
discriminating against homs products
unless there is an adequate and suf-
ficient reason, and especially on a
proposition of this kind that involves
throwing a hundred men out of en-
ployment There should be a thorough
inquiry into this matter of bricks be-
fore definite action is taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

general health is better Why don't
you gain faster ~
ITO tell the truth. Doctor" the
young man replied quietly. 81 received
ago, besides those / got in that auto
smash I'm trying to pull myself to-
gether again. and I'll do my best to
gain
'eUm, um." muttered the doctor,
1--WE message for you, Mr. Ford,
wright to give you a prescription for a
tonic and I'll read the message to
you.''
Clair pressed her clasped hands
against her heart as the doctor read
her brief message.
The effect upon his patient was cleo
trical. He sprang to his feet and tore
savagely at the bandage over his eyes.
Hold onl'' shouted the doctor, stop
that! Do you want to ruin every
chance Of
He forced the young man back into
the chair.
Doctor" begged Ford. sis that note
genuine? Are you sure-sure it comes
from Miss Tnurston herself2"
Positively sure-I saw her write it.
not an hour ago. She wanted to wait
here to see you"
Its all right, Doctor Norton, shall
gain now. You needn't bother Doctor
Cartwright about the tonic-I've got a
better one!''
Doctor Norton rang the bell for
Brant's attendant, and a few minutes
later dismissed Clair with a few eau
tions and some good advice.
Then he picked up the card and read
the mysterious message several times
frowning perplexedly.
"Brant: Someone has flown over the
Tower Of Pisa.
Blessed be that aviator!''
CLAIR"
Then his face cleared and he laugh
ed softly. 'IV looked innocent enough
but evidently in some way I've been
made Cupid's messenger-a new role
for me!''-(Copyright, 1911, by Associ-
ated Literary Press.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
Schoolgirl at Seventy.

The proud wearer of two gold
medals from the board of education
for merit in study and attendance in
the primary department of public
mon of 1913 West 1S4th street, who
was born in slavery in Kentucky 70
years ago.
For four years this schoolgirl has
been learning her three RS. and she
takes great pride in the tokens she
has received, showing how diligent her
work has been and how in all that
time she never missed school and was
late only once, and then only three
minutes.
1t is night school to which Mrs. Har-
mon has been going. The building is
at 125th street and Manhattan avenue.
a good stretch from her home, but she
has always walked to and fro, whether
the weather was hot or sleet stung her
face.
When the old woman first said she
would like to be able to read an
write an fgger'' a little better than
she had taught herself to do and so
would like to go to school, her daugh-
ter and grandson did not believe she
was serious. But she showed them
she was.
She found that No. 1877 had night
classes. When she questioned the
principal and the teachers they thought
She was getting information for one
of her family. They gave her the facts
as to enrolling and answered the timid
question she finally put as to the age
requir of pupils.
They had no idea she meant herself
when they told her that the only quail
fication necessary was a desire for edu-
cation. Then she astonished them by
asking that her name be put on the
list.
"You!" they said ''Why! You
don't really mean it. do your
Eyes; mean it," she answered.
I'm only sorry that I didn't do it
years ago. But if it amt too late now,
why, I want to learn all I can
So she was put in the first class of
the elementary department, and she
has followed the course steadily since,
being promoted with the rest of her
class and showing a real proficiency in
her studies though the teachers had
expected to indulge her, thinking that
the long disuse of her mental faculties
might have dulled them.
But instead of tagging she led.
That's why she got the gCl6 medal for
her work. And her sense of punctu-
atty was on a par. Her school nights
run from the beginning of the term in
October through April and include
every week night except Friday and
Saturday.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
ouAKER MEpITATIoNs.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Tombstones never seem to blush for
the lies they tell
Love at first sight may sometimes
be merely blind
A cent in the hand is worth two in
a bottle of extract.
Most salads and all women are i'm
proved by French dressing
Many a man loses little reputation
trying to stretch it to a big one
Even the most astute police official
carnot arrest the fight of time.
Luck is merely a case of the right
opportunity meeting the right man.
No, Maude, dear; you can't open a
bank account with pair of Jacks.
It's the unexpected that always hap
pens, unless you are looking for it.
Lots of people burden themselves
with more airs than they can get away
with.
It is quite natural that when a girl
has good points the fellow should get
stuck on her.
About the only people who have
time to think twice before they speak
are those who stutter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Any number of people practice the
simple life per force.
y
If a man did not laugh at his own
jokes few of them would get any
laughter at all
Too many individuals are long on
giving advice about matters with
which they are not overly familiar
Most people are so constituted that
when they haven't anything real to
worry about they imagine they have.
In the same category with the fool
who rocks the boat are the folk who
insist On changing seats when out row.
boating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
I.oaes lie for sol CAME

In trying to win a bet of SO cents.
and to prove to friends that he was a
daring climber. and not afraid to lcok
down from great heights, Foster An
derson started up a 4O-foot fiagpole at
Bergen1ine avenue and Eleventh street.
Anderson, who was married, and the
father of three small chill 1ren. laughed
when he called to q party of friends:
This is the easiest money 1 ever
won.'
He reached the top Of the pole with
out apparent exertion, and then to
make sure of winning his bet he stood
on top of it. He lost his balance and
dived to the street His death followed
"a few minutes later.--New York
World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
HTkHOR OF THE DAY

First Undertaker-How is business in
your city2 Second Undertaker-WeII. the
death rate isn't near up to where it ought
to be-Toledo Blade.
Literary CaIIer-say what YOU will
about Ibsen.- one has to admit his per
tinaoity. Hostess (slightly deaO-Yes:
I've heard that his plays are somewhat So
Chicago Tribune.
son-Father, what's bachelor? Father
influence the right girl to encourage him
to marry her--Judge's Library.
I'm surprised to see an advanced wo-
man wearing a hobble skirt 1T may be
good thing. It will give the rest OF US
a chance to catch up."-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
20 Jaime les MilitairesF' CChiId with
nurse at window watching soldiers march
past)-Mother, do look. Here are all
nurses cousins coming down the street,
Punch.
Grandmother-And now would you like
me to tell you a story. dears? Advanced
They're so stodgy and unconvincing and
as out-of-date as tunes in music. We
would much prefer an impressionist word
picture or subtle character SKETCH
Punch.
Had to let my stenographer CO., re-
marked MI CumrOx. '1neffiCient?' mo.
Too accurate. She put the grammar into
my letters exactly as I dictated it,
Washington Star.
The Author-Would you advise me to
gel out a small edition? The Publisher
Yes, the smaller the better. The more
scarce a book Is at the end Of four or five
centuries the more money you realize
from it.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs Graswid has money" "Is that
so? Patri- or all 2'-Judge.
Nan-Anyway, don't like his looks.
Fan-That's because he looks in my d.
rection rather oftener than he does in
yours.-Chicago Tribune.
Jirnmy-say, we got a cook to our
house Johnny-That's nothin'. Ny ma
wuz cook afore she married pa.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Jack-rve just had a hard time. I've
been popping the question. Mack-Ive
had a harder. I've been questioning the
pop.-Baltimore American
Father Cnaving caught his son in lie)-
Haven't I always told you to tell the
truth2 Son-Yes, father: but you also told
me never to become the slave of a habit
Boston Transcript.
Art and business have nothing in com
mon" said the fdealist "Oh. don't know
about that" replied Mr.. Cumrox. The
value OF painting, like the value Of g
check depends a great deal on whose
name is at the bottom Of ft"-Washing-
ton Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the AtchisOn Globe.I

LlAC fALCAAAoOA ~@-"O~s4
So many people have enthusiasm
but no ability.
Very few people fast because they
are too busy to eat.
You hear a good deal more about
fairness than you see.
A man is often too busy to go to a
fire, but a woman never is.
How a living newspaper does love to
chronicle the death Of a competitor.
An education is one thing they all
have to get on the installment plan.
If you can earn more and spend the
same you have the system is all right.
Why is the official thermometer al
ways hung in the coolest place in
town.
After all, nature can give people
cards and spades when it comes to
gossiping.
one of the easiest things on earth
to do without trying is to make bad
breaks.
While turnips are usually cheap.
that isn't positive proof that they are
ever a bargain.
Don't be in such a hurry to get to
the picnic grounds that you forget to
take your lunch.
Waiting to be coaxed is something
risky, particularly If 1t is a drink that
is urged upon you.
Women are always challenging
monotony. but few Of them ever put
the gloves on with It.
Observe the Man With the Hoe: he
spends a good deal of his time lean
ing on It, doesn't he?
Grasshoppers make pretty fair fish
bait, but that is not to be considered
a sufficient vindication-
So many men are anxious to do
something for the people and get .
large salary for doing it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the chicago News.l

From the Chicago NeWs,I
An egg in the hand is worth two in
the grocery.
When a man is in his cups look out
for family jars.
Remorse and economy are faithful
followers of the races
Might doesn't always make right,
but it seldom gets left.
There are entirely too many ways of
making people unhappy.
Family skeletons will soon be on ex-
hibition at the bathing beaches.
No doubt ants and bugs have the
time of their lives at a school picnic
Our idea of an indulgent husband is
one who doesn't think his wife talks
too much.
At the age of 40 a man has spent at
least five years of his life listening to
other peoples hard luck stories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
THE FEARLESS FIGHT.

Ye the luck1ess, We the lorn,
Flooding LIES uncertain way,
Ye who deem that We were born
Meath a star Of friendless ray,
Ye with little heart to pray
Whatsoever the bourne in sight,
Happy yes If We can say,
I'VE have fought the fearless fight!'
% who feel the barb and thorn
Brows not bound by garlands gay
e who face a fate forlorn
Under alien skies of gray
Ye upon whose shoulders weigh
Brooding burdens, cares that blight,
Happy we, If We can say,
I'VE have fought the fearless fight"
Ye of pride and glory shorn
BreaSting still the bitter fray,
7 e with wasting years outworn
Long forgotten of the May,
Ye who find your idols clay
And delusion all delight,
Happy ye, If ye can say,
I'VE have fought the fearless fght!'
ENVOY.
Mortals, all who know the day,
When at last shall fall the night
Happy We, If We can say,
I'VE have fought the fearless fightt'
Clinton Scotland, in the New York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

And now a report has it that the
Countess Maidstone. a former Ameri-
can girl with an excessive bank roll,
IS about to snub Queen Mary for the
Bnubs the later has given to several of
Countess Maidstone's American
friends. So much snubbing is going
on among the women in England that
most Of them in and out of the high
society there are probably afflicted
with stiff-necks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

Here's another excuse for the United
States getting into another great war.
Some people think that this country is
sorely in need of a new national
anthem And the experts in the prem
Uses insist that such song can only
be written under the Inspiration and
stimulus of a war. Ergo let's have a
war by all means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

And speaking of the prophecies Of the
weather men, Professor Willis L.
Moore. the big chief OF the United
States weather bureau, took occasion
on Monday afternoon to predict such
bad weather for the evening at Wash
ington. D. c.. that It would be impos-
Bible for President and Mrs. Taft to
hold their silver wedding reception on
che White House lawn. To be specific
Professor Moore announced: The
president has only one chance in. a
hundred Of having garden party to-
night" Needless to add the night was
cool and clear and ideal in every way
Tor q lawn party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

Inquiries for the secrets of perpetual
youth or life should be addressed to J
3. Hammond, New York millionaire
and an inventor on the side. He Is
now seventy-two years old and is soon
TO start on a cruise OF the seas that
win continue for twenty-eight years
He will therefore be just one hundred
years old when this little trip Is
brought to a conclusion. His plans for
passing the remainder of his life are a
trifle indefinite as yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

Trust busting like all other things
worth while comes high. 1t has cost
the federal government during the past
two years $s45.1S4 in fees for the
services Of special attorneys who have
assisted the attorney generals depart
ment and the United States district
attorneys in the prosecution of cases
against offending corporations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

War should be declared by the United
States against Great Britain at once
There were no royal princes of England
with their royal carriages to meet Jack
Johnson when he arrived in London.
Such discrimination is intolerable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21

Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany has
Bust demonstrated that he is real
man of much larger caliber than even
his most ardent admirers have insisted.
He is not going to farm out his daugh-
ter as a bride to some lettering prince
or ruler in Europe for political pur-
poses. She is to have the privilege of
choosing a husband according to the
dictates of her own heart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-21
REFLECTIONS or \ BACHELOR
TFrom the New York Press. ]

TFrom the New York Press.
1t takes a bigger man to let woman
boss him than to boss her.
Common sense pays steady dividends
to the few who always show it.
Some Of the things women wear in
summer are called clothes. anyhow.
The trouble with conscience is it
quits working the first chance it gets.
A girl is crazy to wear long clothes
ltfII she's old enough to need them, and
then she doesn't care.