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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
The little oregon.

It is thirteen years since the battle
ship Oregon set the word to marvel
ing, gratified the navy department,
and made the American people proud
by her wonderful run from San Fran
cisco to Santiago, and then played SO
important part in the naval battle
that took place off the Cuban coast.
The ore element in this marine feat
that won the most comm mendation from
the world at large was the state of
prepar edness in which tho officers and
crew of the Oregon had kept them
selves and their ship, particularly the
engine room, for it was that quality
more than any other which enabled the
battleship to sail half way round the
globe and be ready at the end of the
voyage to go into the fight and shine
gloriously.
That our naval officers still keep
themselves in the same state of pre-
paredness was demonstrated this week
by the quick run of one of our war YES
sells that hereafter may well deserve to
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
ouAKER ArEDIrATIoNs.

LFroni the Philadelphia Record-l
The summer girl is no longer such
warm proposition.
The photographer is apt TO take 49,
pie at their face value.
You can put a man on pedestal
but you can't keep him there.
It's really the juice OF the grape tha4
makes a fellow feel seedy.
1t takes more than an alarm clock
to enable US to rise in the world.
The people who think twice before
they speak sometimes say something
worse
The girl with wink often demon
strates that actions speak louder tnan
words
Marriage is a lottery in which some
ueopIe are never satisfied until they
take three or four chances.
When a man trades a bank account
for experience, would you say that a
fair exchange was no robbery
SilIicus-"Do you think we shall know
each other in heavenT' Cynicus-"I
don't know. Few Of US really know
each other here"
Tommy-"Pop, what do we mean BY
the Office that seeks the manY' Tom
ny's Pop-"The one that pevs about
$500 a year, my son."
ITS a good plan to make your
money grow" remarked the Wise Guy
IT don't know about that" said the
Simple Mug. did you ever notice
how small a dollar was when you bor-
rowed it. and how big 1t seemed when
you had to pay 1t back2"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


Ltrom the chicago News
It's a short street that has no puddles.
The moon affects the tide-1kewise the
united
One system OF winning at love is syste-
matte flattery.
And many man mistakes an illusion
for brain fag.
To the owner of glue factory the odor
is not offensive.
Dead men tell no tales-but the obituary
manufacturers do.
How some women do chuckIe when a
pretty girl begins to fade.
Don't get the idea that you can catch
happiness by running after it.
Forget the sorrows of yesterday and go
after the joys of today
Even homely girl doesn't care to be
described in plain language
You can always get lot for your money
by patronizing a real estate dealer.
A man would rather be seen walking
along the street with a policeman than
between two women.
No man can be a cynic until he has as
ISOLATED with a woman who is the real
thing in that line.
A single man is seldom as good as his
sweetheart thinks he Is, or a married
man as bad as his wife suspects he IS.
According to the latest statistics there
are 7,243 ,513 things woman can find
for her husband to do around the house
while he is resting.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
.L4YHAWKER .JOTS

kiss in the dark, says the Law
renee Journal World, is one kind of an
electric spark.
This must be case of poetic license
in the Sterling Farm Journal: School
bells ringing! Children singingi
It's queer to the Smith County Pho
neer how nearly all a mans friends go
broke just when he wants to make a
touch.
The Wichita Beacon says the Hutch
inson News is entitled to credit for
printing the picture that looked the
least like Frank Gotch-
The Leavenworth Post thinks that
President Taft probably breads the
baked possum and salt-rising bread
more than the crowds and bands and
discomforts of travel.
New definition of an alarm clock in
the Atchison Champion: ''An alarm
cock is a compromise between a fell
lows conscience and his instructive in
cl1nation to postpone daybreak.
Social note in the Downs Times: The
Shinn girls of Jewell City gave a slum-
Der party one night last week. They
slept on the lawn among the chiggers.
Sort Of .'Shincig, we presume.
An Atchison Champion Chip: Jona-
than Whang says that some book
agents are so smooth that they can sell
women whose husbands make only $l2
a week, q whole set of books on How
to Keep the Chauffeur in Good HUI
NOR
Says the Glen Elder Sentinel: The
outdoor sleeping idea got a terrible
jolt at Lawrence last week when
Mexican who had the ozone theory
slept under a boxcar and woke up in
eternity, when an engine pulled off the
covers.
In the nature of a matrimonial ad-
vertisement in the Burlington Inde-
pendent: Ernest Green says that he Is
in need of some nice young lady to
keep him company these fine cool
evenings and that he is now out on
the limb waiting to be plucked.
The Clyde Republican tells a hard
luck story on a farmer in Paradise
township. He cut so acres of wheat
which threshed out only Is bushels for
the whole field. The thresher charged
him So and he was able to sell the
wheat for only $3.50, or $3.50 less than
the next item in the Republican tells
of another nearby farmer, who had
three acres Of alfalfa which harvest
ed Is bushels of alfalfa seed to the
acre. and 13 other acres of alfalfa
which harvested IL bushels of seed to
the acre
Who was the joke on? asks the Hia-
watha World in respect to the incl
dent it relates as follows: Some men
visiting in Hiawatha in a joke told
their wives they were going down
town Sunday afternoon and pick up a
girl each. The wives said go ahead
and we will go down and get a. fellow
each. The men had no luck, but the
women came home each with a fellow
them lemonade and laughed at the in
cident, but the boys made their get
away as quick as they could. They
were glad to escape without a scar.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.J


To get a good run for your money
save your money.
There are some voices the LEGISLATURE
should suppress.
When q boy first shoots a wild duck.
he feels confident he has bagged
goose.
AS a general rule, a woman with
children isn't likely to be a dogs best
friend.
An absconding cashier usually needs
the money to pay travelling expenses.
People lie a good deal about doing
their best. this being particularly true
of failures.
Unless he is able to whip his play
mates. no boy should have to wear
curls.
However. the corset isn't as strong
on reduction as the fashion plates seem
to imply.
It is hard for man to agree with a
woman on what constitutes elaborate
refreshments.
Probably an apology tries the hardest
with the least to show in the way of
general results.
Can a mother exact obedience from
the children without acquiring a repu-
tation for cruelty2
Most men, however, hurt themselves
a good deal more than the interests"
hur1 them.
You will observe that very few boys
try to live up to the clothing store ad-
vertisements.
There are some things fully as sacred
as a school teacher considers grammar,
but not many.
Hunting never seems to be very good,
although everyone finds something he
isn't looking for.
When a grown girl runs away,
what's the idea of advertising it by
saying she was kidnapped?
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

COUNTRY CHURCHES ALL RIGHT.
There is good deal of deploring go
ing on over the alleged decadence Of
the country churches. This is done by
Town people. As matter of fact there
IS nothing to it. The country churches
are not decadent. They come nearer
nololng their congregations today than
the town churches. The talk of i'm
TroVenent in country life has led to
Hnese 1ns1o1ous attacks upon country
churches but 1t is unfair. Men are
always fertile in theories about how
things ought to be done and in pro-
mitigating the theories shey think it
necessary to attack the churches. The
country churches need to be better but
at the same time they are getting bet
ter. They are attracting more and
more. It 81 a mistake to be depreciat-
ing their work. In the neighborhood
where the writer was born the per
cent of church membership is greater
Than In the city Of Lawrence where he
now lives. The per cent Of bad boys,
what we call the slums, is greater in
Lawrence Than in Monticello. The per
cent OF church going people is much
larger in that and every other country
neighborhocd than in Lawrence or any
other city. We need to help the coun-
try churches solve the problems, not
attack them for decay. They are virile
forces in community life.-Lawrence
Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
FROM OTHER PENS
ENORMOUS EGOISAr.

When the typical ''reformers," of the
extreme type, treat the world to lit
tie sidehght upon their personal affairs
they usually uncover amazing self-con-
ceit. The cocksureness of their belief
in their own wisdom and their superb
ority to the millions who do not agree
with them can be paralleled only by
their contempt for the teachings of the
experience of the world through many
centuries.
Often the same men and women who
cry out against a stupid and stubborn
age because it does not throw over
board all of it's most important insti-
tutions at their behest refuse to be
curbed or guided at all by other per-
sons. They want the human race to
give heed to them and dance to their
music but their own passions and
whins, their desires and their fancies,
must not be tnterfered with at all
Egoism Is not attractive. 1t is not
popular, and in its grosser forms and
manifestations it is disgusting. That is
one reason, though not the most
potent, for the Indifference with which
the busy world passes by the grotesque
and more or less absurd shrines which
the half-baked ''reformers," say of the
Sinclair type, set up FOR mankind to
worship at in awe-struck gratitude to
the builders.-C1eveland Leader
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

People who have to try to look
pleasant generally don't make a very
satisfactory job Of it.
X y =
If things were always as they seem,
the world would be a much worse
place than it is.
X
1t may take money to make the
mare go but a whip is also pretty eff
fective for this purpose.
y x "
We're It fact that a faint-hearted
chap never won fair lady, many
more men would be bachelors.
X X r
It's easy enough to attract the at
tention of the passing crowd, but hold
ing the same is where the rub comes
in.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
Spanked Fxtravagant vic

william Novalous, of Ashley, near
mere, pleaded guilty to spanking his
wife because she was extravagant. and
Alderman Ricketts,, of this city, who
heard his story, discharged him.
He had been arrested by his wife
ana was not backward about admitting
that ne had beaten her. II give her q
sum of money each month to run the
house." he explained, ''and when I
found that she had spent considerable
of this money for other things I was
angry ana took my razor strop and
spanked her"
AS he promised not to take such ex-
treme measures next time, and as Mrs
Novalous appeared none the worse for
the spanking, Alderman Ricketts, dis
charged him-Wilkes-Ba dispatch
to Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
HIS REST AND CHANGE.

Pas got back from his vacation,
With look that's wild and strange;
Seems all full of tribulation,
Though he's had his rest and change;
For a year he had been Wishin'
He could be alone somewhere,
So he spent his two weeks fishin',
Far away from home and care.
He has forty-seven places
Where the hungry Woodticks died;
And the color of his face is
Like a piece of beef that's dried;
Both his feet are full of blisters,
Insects nearly ate him UP.
And last night he called my sisters
Beau a pompous little pup.
Pas got back from his vacation,
Lookin' like a hungry tramp;
Once he nearly faced starvation
When he strayed away from camp
He must eat things predigested
TIL his health improves a lot;
Comm home he was arrested
For the only fish he got.
S. F. Kisers in the Chicago Record
Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
RAILROAD OWNERS.

1t is announced by the Illinois Cen
trail railroad that "a large number" Of
the men on its pay roll have taken ad-
vantage of its plan for the sale Of stock
on easy terms to its employees and
have become shareholders. For the
benefit of employees who do not yet
fully understand the plan another
statement or explanation of it has just
been published. It is possible to pur-
chase stock on credit, the employees
applying authorizing deductions in
sums of SIS from his wages.
It is gratifying to learn that the
scheme is working well and arousing
the interest of the employees of the
road. Stock ownership by employees is
"peopleization'' in the best sense of the
term 1t is the modern and feasible
form of cooperation. The employees
of a concern should have as far as pos
sibIe direct interest in its prosperity
and soundness. There is no interest
comparable to that of ownership. The
employee who is also a shareholder Of
his company to the extent OF his
ownership is his own employer.
The plan makes for efficiency, for
good will, for the annicable settlement
Of Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
A Plea for the NV.


This cry for the blood of the fly and
the prize gained by the American
sportsman who captured a million and
quarter scalps in home made traps,
would have filed Frank BuckIand d
with concern. For Buckland could see
use in all things created. Even in
the buzzing bluebottle. when we
come to consider the matter phflo-
Sophically," he wrote, "rats and blue
bottle flies are, in reality, among the
most useful of created things to the
human race. True, 1t is, indeed that
we cannot eat them, but everything in
the world was not made to be eaten,
and these despised creatures really do
great service to us by getting rid of de-
caying substances which would other
wise breed fever
The war declared by man upon the fly
is but an i'll requital of the trouble that
self-respecting insect takes with its
fore-Iegs, its middle-legs, its hind
legs, its wings, its toes to the utmost
tips, its neck and it's head. The mi
crobes it is accused of carrying about
are published throughout the press
but not the long, meticuIous and no
doubt the fatiguing pains it takes to
get rid of them; the repeated scrapfng
OF the legs downward, the rigorous
brushing off of the refuse from the
expert feet-there go a million germs at
least; the violent disIocation of the
legs in order to the perfect dusting Of
the back; the squeezing of the wings;
and finally, the sudden revelation of
g neck, when the fly abruptly ducks
so that the back Of the head may be
thoroughly explored and the very eyes
again secured and polished Where IS
another insect, or indeed animal, so
conscientious Even a cat leaves
some parts of herself, perforce, unvis-
tied by her diligent tongue; the fy
alone ransacked.-London Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
NAMES OF STREETS.

The city council of Paris has de-
cided to teach the French history. or
to remind them of it at least by nam
ing the streets and avenues OF the
capital after public men.
On street corners there are to be
iron plates set up, bearing a blue
ground and inscribed with white let
ters. These plates are to explain the
name of the thoroughfare. as we'll as
announce it. If the title is taken from
a battle, then the metal plate will give
the date, such as "Rue RivoH, French
Victory, 1891" Should the street be
named for a poet or painter, then the
tablet will characterize him and state
when he lived. like Avenue Victor
Hugo, French poet and novelist, 1902
1885, People waiting for car at
the crossing may refresh their mem
ories on matters historical and so help
to pass away the time A beginning
has already been made, the first ave
nues being named for the various
saints in the calendar of the church,
such as st. Thomas or St. Andrews s
street and so on. Nor will the coun-
ell restrict itself, after honoring the
saints, merely to men of celebrity in
French history or of any special CEN
tury of time. There is to be rue
Lincoln, President of the United
States, -1865."-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

eyes tender and grave for the mo-
ment-
''Oh, PHIL she said softly, "do you
ask only for pity?''
Half an hour later the major stroll
led over to the telegraph desk at the
hotel. Jack had left on the 10 O'Clock
boat for Charleston, they had told him.
He sent his message with a whimsical
smile on his face.
Better make it year. have her
answer. Wire congratulations, Dad
-(Copyr1ghts 1911s by Associated Lit
erary Press)
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

own the sobriduet of s'tEe little Ore
gon- Receiving his orders one after
noon to make q voyage ordinarily tax
ing five or six days, Commander Deck
er had his ship, the scout cruiser Ches-
ter, ready to sail the next morning. He
drove the Chester the 1.400 miles to
Haiti in days and hours. making g
the run at the rate OF 1S 2-9 knote an
hour. And when she arrived at her
destination she was as ready to protect
American interests as she had been to
make the voyage.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PfSESs
HONE NEWS WHILE away.

subscribers of the State Journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired White
nuR OF town the State Journal VIII be
60 you like daily letter from home.
ADVANCE payment is requested or
Nhese short time subscriptions to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
TAFT IS GAINING GROUND.

am sorry to see Victor Murdock
quoted as saying that woodrow VIII
son will be nominated and elected.
Hope he didn't say it My observa-
tions do not agree at all with Mr..
Murdock's alleged statement Wood
row Wilson didn't make good on his
western trip. 1t was a mistake and
weakened him. On the other hand,
President Taft is gaining ground
right along. He is not playing poll
tics. He is doing big things in a
courageous way. Whatever one may
think of Canadian reciprocity all must
admire the ability and courage with
which the president has championed
it. His peace pact is the greatest
achievement of the century. Reduc
ing a trem mendous deficit to a COM
Portable surplus, is no small achieve
ment. There are countless other
things have turned the tide of popu-
lar sentiment toward the president,
and insures his denomination by ac-
clamation and his triumphant re-elec-
ton, I believe. Besides, the unfair
ness of his opponents is helping
nightly, for the people believe in
fair play-E. W. Hoch in the Marion
Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
DON'T DO IT.

Don't let your live stock run loose at
night to ruin your neighbor's young
trees and destroy the appearance of his
nice yard that he has taken hours of
time and labor to prepare. 1t doesn't
make him feel any too kindly towards
you, and besides it is very discourag-
ing to the man who tries to do things,
to have weeks of hard work all lost,
just because some other fellow
thoughtlessly let his live stock out to
Craze by moolight.-Sylvan Grove
News.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
rFrono the New york Press1

CFrom the New York Press.l
Being in love is a delightful torture.
It's easy to be liberal with things you
don't want.
Many a mans best friends are those
who know him least
All the world may be stage, but few
of US get the spotlight.
Too much fuss Is made over things Of
no earthly Importance.
Gossips are people who believe twice
as much as they hear.
Only an exceptionally pretty girl can
afford to be hard to please.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

Surely no one had any idea that the
nuptials OF Miss Force and Mr.. Astor
were to be permanently postponed be-
cause of the opposition that was di-
Eeeted against them by the clergymen
of the church of which both Astor and
Miss Force were members. Where
there's a will. there is always way,
and especially when the will is backed
by an unlimited bank roll.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

Democrats in the Second congress
sional district are reported to be op-
timistic over the possibility of winning
out at the special election to select a
successor to the late Alexander Mitch
ell Why shouldn't they be. All the
decent Republicans in the district have
a right to be disgusted with the meth
DDS employed to force a candidate upon
them. And they cannot be blamed if
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

Boston, particularly the Back Bay
section. is infested with a new type of
mosquito. The insect is of yellowish
color, and differs from the ordinary
mosquito in one important detail-it
does not bite, although its song is loud
and threatening. Entomologfsts are
endeavoring to classify it.-Boston dis
patch to the New York Press
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

would not be necessary for any of
them to attempt to make their own
beer And SO it would be impossible
for a child to get scalded to death in
a home beer vat. Therefore prohibi-
ton is everything that it should not
be. Any number Of arguments against
prohibition are no more sensible than
such 3 one would be
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

It's an i'll wind, ct cetera. The
shortage In the farm crops means that
khe farmers will get better prices for
such crops as have come their way.
The consumers, Of course, will pay the
increased bills. Still, the consumers
have been doing this very thing so
hong that they are used to 1t.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

A Mona Liza has turned up in
Spain What's become of the one that
was en- route for New York city and
the other one that was in a freight
car on It's way to Holland? Before long
there will be as many Mona Lisas'
floating around in different parts of the
world as there were Leon Lings when
the hunt was on for the murderer of
Elsie Siegel.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

A Boston doctor makes the an
nouncement that most of the prevail
ing domestic unhappiness is due to the
inability of wives to cook, notes the
Chicago Record-Herald, and it adds:
Most of the unhappy wives will ask:
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

Boston's milk wagon drivers are on
such an effective strike that there's a
milk famine in the Hub Are the
people there worrying about the sit
uation? Not on your life. They still
have their beans. To the Bostonese,
beans are milk and meat.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

This increased and ever increasing
price of sugar viii also make an un-
comfortable dent in the pocketbook of
the young man who has to keep his
lady fair supplied with candy and
hon hons
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

Probably the most unpopular man
these days with the sports of the land
is Sheriff Arnold, Of Milwaukee coun-
ty. Wisconsin. He says that the pro-
posed fight between Wo1gast and Nc
Farland cannot be pulled off in the
town made famous by beer.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

Topeka's real aviator, A. K. Lon
gren, ought to be the most popular
man in town. He gave the people of
the whole city an opportunity to wit
ness the finest aeroplane flight that
has ever been put on in this vicinity,
and no admissions to see it were
rherred
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

Turn about is fair play. Attorney
General Dawson Is credited with hav-
ing stolen a march on the Cherokee
county jointists. If reports of the
past are correct these same jointists
have stolen innumerabIe marches on
the authorities charged with the en-
forcement of the prohibitory law.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

Miss Bowes has finally been award
ed $4,000 in her breach of promise
suit against Mr.. Sly. Such a sum ought
TO buy any girl enough courtplaster to
patch up any kind of a wounded
heart
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

After ten days luIl France and
Germany have renewed with vigor
their war of words over the Moroccan
situation. And that's the only kind
of a war that is likely to develop over
the questions involved.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-13

A Kansas baby was scalded to death
the other day in a homemade beer vat
that was being operated by its father.
This will probably be used as an argu-
xnent against prohibition. You see If
st was easy for Kansans to get bser It