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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-14

Helena, all her anger and jealousy
suddenly dissolved in a great terror Of
losing him forever. She lifted the lid
OF the vase and saw within a pile of
gray1sh black ashes. Il do not un-
oerstand." she repeated.
Jack Henshaw turned his eyes away
from the delicate beauty of her face.
our letters to me since we have
been engaged-in fact every word you
have written to me-were too precious
to leave carelessly around. but
wanted to keep them in some form
and so I burned them. The ashes of
your letters to me are in that little
vase. They are as dead as the ashes
of your love seem to be-
Before Helena could utter a word
Nora returned with the package. some
what GREATNESS, but her honest face
wearing a triumphant expression. In
her hand she held a square package
wrapped in pink tissue paper.
Give the package to Mr.. Henshaw."
said Helena. And as Jack took it he
weighed it in his hand with a smile
Rather light reading" he COM
mented wryly. Il suppose you have
no objection to my putting them on
the fire now?"
Helena nodded assent and he tore
off the pink paper disclosing a white
pasteboard box In a trice the lid was
off and there, ripping over his fingers
was an alluring mass of auburn puffs
and curls that exactly matched Hele-
mas lovely hair.
For an instant they both stared
Mortified at the frivolous curls that had
adorned Helena's head the winter be-
fore.
Mora has brought the wrong pack
age-I forgot this one was wrapped. in
pink paper too" faltered Helena, and
then her violet eyes met Jacks doubt
ing brown ones and saw a CLEAN of
mirth in them
TITS the funniest thing that ever
happened laughed Helena.
How about the original pink pack
age-that is yet unharmed?" asked
Jack practically.
IT shall keep that after ALL" said
Helena, ''because-oh, Jack. I am so
wicked and Jealous and everything;
just to punish me you must never tell
me about where you went and what
you did last evening"
She was safe in the shelter of his
arms now. "I'1 have to tell you
can't get out of it. I thought today
was your birthday, never mind how I
figured it out-and so last night went
down to Dogwood kennels with Ned
Speedle to bring home to you that
prize winning French bulldog who
hasn't a curly hair on his body but
whose name Is" He paused for
effect
mot Curly?" cried Helena, delight
eddy.
''That same-but he's not wrapped
in pink paper" grinned Jack as he
opened the door to admit Helena's de-
layed birthday Copyright,
1911, by Associated Literary Press.)
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oUAKER NIEDITATIoNs.


rFrom the Philadelphia Record
To offer suggestions isn't exactly
charity.
Colloquialisms make the English
slanguage.
Even an idea hesitates to strike q
man when he IS down.
The man who always tells the truth
catches the smallest fish.
Some people have lots Of good in
them, but the trouble is they keep Il
bottled up.
Many a man is so conceited about
being level-headed that he can't get a
hat to fit him.
The fellow who carries a corkscrew
demonstrates that one good turn de-
serves another.
ANY woman will tell you that jeal-
Gus husband is almost as annoying az
one who Int.
Because fellow Is of no earthly
good is no reason why the girls should
think him just heavenly.
Hoax-Oid Gayboy has govt. He
says he's dying by inches. Joax--I
should think under the circumstances
he'd be dying by feet.
There's no use in crying over
spilled milk" quoted the Wise Guy.
mo, not when beer Is so cheap" add
ed the man with the impressionistic
noaa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-14
The Natinna1ifr al e.


Is it possible to tell the nationality
of an egg by inspection? The question
is raised in acute form by the evidence
given in the prosecution of a Ian
cashire firm for selling Russian eggs
as Irish. which resulted in acquittal.
The experts varied, as even experts
will. One confidently pronounced the
eggs in question Russians, nearly five
weeks old; another said they were sec
ond-class Russians; a third specified
the south of Russia. On the other
hand, experts for the defense were
equally positive that nobody could tell
the birthplace of an egg from external
examination. We are most impressed
by the witness who said that, when
eggs were bad their nationality was in
determinable. That seems probable,
though 1t differentiates eggs sharply
from human beings. The highly cul-
tivated and polished Russian might
pass for a polished Irishman any day;
but nobody would mistake a bad mou-
Jig for a bad Irishman, or vice versa.
On the whole one is bound to come
to the conclusion that the average pur-
chaser Of eggs must take their nation
atty upon trust. He may have his sus-
picions, no doubt. based upon eggs ap-
parent antiquity. But the ordinary
consumer cannot get beyond Dan
Leno's division of the genus into new
laid eggs" fresh eggs" and "eggs"-
Pail Mall Gazette
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the chicago News.l

From the Chicago NeWS.1
Don't wait any longer; learn to labor
now.
Too many homes have all the mod
ern inconvenience.
Where there's a will there's way
for the lawyers to fool the heirs
We always respect the opinions of a
man who keeps them to himself.
We are more apt to regret the things
we haven't done than those we have.
The more a woman runs after a
man the easier it is for her not to
catch him.
Faint heart has about as much show
with the fair lady as a faint bank
balance.
Poverty hath its own reward. A
poor man isn't asked to contribute to a
campaign fund.
Restaurants may come and res
taurants may go, but the political pie
counter always has plenty Of patrons
When a woman calls for her hus
band to come here a minute" he
knows she has a two hours job for
him.
AS a man grows older he sees some
thing in himself every day that is cal
culated to make him a little less con-
ceited.
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Odd AIbino Farm.

At Crichel a small village in Dor
setshire, in the south of England, are
the vast estates of Lord Abingdon,
famous for his horses. among which
was a winner of the Epson derby. Lord
Abingdon, like many other wealthy
men, has a hobby, which takes the
form of collecting and breeding al
bino animals. On his estates he has
established white farm where
every living creature is pure white.
Even Farmer Bartlett. the man in
charge, wears a beard whitened by his
Sevcnty-five wears.
Criche1 is a long way from London,
as distances go in England, and the
scenery rather nonotonous but as the
train approaches Crichel one catches
a glimpse of whitewashed towers, sur
rounded by dazzling white flag poles
from which float white streamers. On
nearer approach one observes that ex-
cept the blue sky and the green of the
grass plots and lawns and the shrub
berry, everything there is white, against
the dark background of New Forest.
The buildings, even to the roofs and
chimneys, the fences-everything is
scrupulously white. Within is the
most unique of geological gardens
not a bird, fowl, or animal there that
is not pure white.
They have been gathered from all
parts of the world. Hundreds of white
pigeons and doves fit about the place
White swans, white turkeys, white
ducks. white geese, and white peafowls
from the interior of China strut or
waddle about the grass plots. Every
white species of bird that the tropical
regions know is to be found in the
aviary. The chickens are white, the
rabbits are white, the horses on this
particular farm are white, and there is
a white mule the gift of the Sultan of
Turkey to his lordship. There are al
bino specimens of the deer family,
white zebus. white dogs. white goats,
white pigs
From the Arctic regions there is a
white bear, and so on down to the
diminutive white mouse. Only a white
elephant seems wanting, and the farm
itself would be that to a less wealthy
owner than Lord Alington.-New
York Herald
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no HER LOVER.

TO HER LOVER
Oh, love me we'll
But love me not alone!
Love the hot sword, the banner, and the
song,
The crowded way of sorrow and of
wrong,
The cream nc tongue can TELL
Ths enemy Trore!
Yea, love not me alone
But love me we'll.
Oh, serve me well,
But serve not me alonei
Serve all who will, the oppressor, and the
oppressed
Serve all who viii not; bare thine ach-
ing breasti
Even though thou hear loves knel
Go bravely on!
Yea, serve not me alone
But serve me we'll
Harriet Monroe. in Hanpton's Magazine.
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HEALTH AS AN INVESTMENT.

As an investment in the health of
their members, four large fraternal
orders, two international labor IN
ions. and one of the largest Insurance
companies in the United States have
established sanatoria for the treat
ment of tuberculosis. according TO a
statement issued recently by the Ma
tional association for the study and
prevention of tuberculosis.
The Royal League. the first frater-
nal order to establish a sanatorium,
conducts a hospital for its tuberculo-
sis members at Black Mountain. The
Modern Woodmen of America con-
ducts one at Colorado Springs, the
Workmen's Circle at Liberty, n. T.,
and the Independent Order of Forest
ers have one at Rainbow Lake, N. Y,
and will soon open q second one at
San Fernando, Cal. The International
Typographical union has since 1898
conducted a sanatorium at Colorado
Springs, and the International Print
ing Pressmen and Assistants Union of
America has recently opened a new
institution at Rogersville, Tenn. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-14

Gary. Ind, built by the steel trust. is
model town. That is, it has been laid
out in a most approved fashion, and
even the houses occupied by the
poorest of the laboring men and their
families are modern and up-to-date in
all particulars. Still this environment
has not changed human nature there to
any appreciable extent. The mayor
and five of the councilmen of Gary
have just been arrested on charges of
graft They are charged with having
solicited and accepted brides in a
heating franchise deal
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Metropolitan Life Insurance company
is now erecting a sanitorium at Mt.
McGregor, N. z. which will be the
first of it's kind to be established by
an "old line" insurance company.
In addition to these institutions al
ready established, the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, the Foresters
of America. the Knights of Columbus,
the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows, and several other orders are con-
sidering the advisability of erecting
sanatoria for their tuberculosis MEM
bers. Some OF the large fraternal ord
ers and labor unions, like the Ladies
of the Maccabees of the World, the In
ternational Photo Engravers Union,
and others conduct educational cam
paigns against tuberculosis, though
they do not have sanatoria of their
own. The Equitable Life Assurance
society also has recently established a
Conservation Department" in which
the prevention of tuberculosis will be
given especial attention. other insur-
ance companies are considering similar
action.
Since the membership of the leading
fraternaI orders alone is nearly 49,
100000, the National Association esti-
mates that about $4,000 members of
these lodges die of tuberculosis alone
every year. Since more than half of
these lives could be saved at a compa-
ratively small outlay, the Association
figures that the fraternal orders are
losing millions every year in death
claims which might be saved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison G1obe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Kansas wheat has to be saved pref
ty often, but it's worth it.
Handmade autumn leaves never
made much of a hit with us.
Too many women count a headache
among their inalienable rights.
There are only two or three girls
beautiful enough to be slouchy.
Pumpkins get lot of credit that
really belongs to sugar and spice.
Whipping the umpire is no particu-
lar proof of the injustice of his de-
cisions.
A louise can probably claim the dis
tinction of being the largest disgrace
OF it's size.
Nearly every man thinks he would
have been quite an athlete had he
trained properly.
Collars usually seem to be too loose
or too tight, just as trousers are too
long or too short
One cannot, however, Judge the stu
dents standing by the brilliancy of
the hose he wears.
Indians, however, are not the only
ones who have put up quite fight to
get out of work.
You have. doubtless, observed that
whisky gets old much faster than
horses or women do.
A funeral moves slowly, but many
of them originate from attempts to
break the speed record
Prunes are a healthful fruit, but
there are many who contend that
There are other kinds of fiction
more entertaining than a losers
statement as to how it happened.
There isn't much excuse for
nickname that is longer than the real
cognomen of the person wearing It.
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MAINE AND PROHIBITION.

Names decision as to whether or
not the prohibition provision Of its
constitution shall be eliminated is still
in doubt And whichever way it. goes,
the majority is sure to be a small one.
If the final official count should show
that the VETS had won, there will
be lots of talk among the liquor en-
thusiasts to the effect that a blow has
been struck which will begin to sound
the deathknell of prohibition through
out the country. Similar argum ents
will be used If the "drys" should win
out by a narrow margin. Insistence
will then be made that prohibition is
on it's last legs or else the prohibition
forces would have made better
showing in Maine. But under the con-
ditions which have prevailed in that
state for years, it is remarkable that
the "drys" made as good a showing as
they did, whether they win or lose.
For many years prohibition in Maine
has been a farce. 1t has been COM
mon knowledge all over the country
that no honest effort has been made in
a long time in that state to enforce
the prohibitory law. In every state
that has prohibition, or in every COM
munity that has local option, there is
always a considerable element that is
opposed to such practices. And of late
years it has always seemed that their
voice was listened to in Maine, even by
the authorities, local and state, who
were charged with the enforcement OF
the prohibitory law. At any rate they
made no pretense of enforcing it.
And so many of the people of Maine
had forgotten the advantages of pro-
hibition, if they ever knew them. A
prohibitory law that is not enforced re-
suits in the development of conditions
that are even worse than those which
prevail where the licensed saloon is a
promiscuoEs affair. Similar conditions
to those which came into existence in
Maine were beginning to develop in
Kansas a few years ago. Then came
an era here of honest and rigorous en-
forcement of the prohibitory law. over
night, almost, the people Of Kansas
awoke to the fact that prohibition was
a great thing when it was enforced Its
wonderful advantages under these con-
ditions are patent on every hand in
Kansas. That's why both Of the po-
litical parties in this state during re-
cent years have been vying with each
other to become the recognized pro-
tector of prohibition. Does any one
suppose that the crafty politicians of
both parties in Kansas would be so
strong for prohibition were it not pop
ular with a great majority of the peo-
pie Of the state? And would 1t be so
popular with the people if it were not
of advantage to them? These questions
provide their own answers.
In Maine, though, real prohibitory
as it prevails in Kansas
has been unknown for many a day
There was no chance for the people
there to become acquainted with its
advantages. Revolving conditions de-
veloped. 1t is likely that many Of the
good people of Maine, in favor of pro |
hibition in their hearts, voted against
IT the other day because they believed !
it would be better to have the liquor !
traffic under some kind of control rath- |
err than to have it continue in an I'M !
licensed and indefensible state.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

A stitch in time is also likely to save
a lot of embarrassment
x q
Some folks sole interest in life is
concerned with their meals.
X x X
No man is so clever that he cannot
be given few lessons even in his
specially.
X X
It's only the men who want but lit
tie here below that stand any chance
of being satisfied
\ X X
Trying to do right does not amount
to much if such efforts are not success
full occasionally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-14

1t seems impossible that a big fair,
like the one here in Topeka, can be
arranged and conducted without the
development of a few vexatious Incl
dents. and the engenderment of some
bitterness against those who have the
worries and tribulations that go with
the management of the fair. But the
Topeka fair has been such a tremend-
Gus success, so far, that everybody,
who has been so unlucky as to acquire
a sore spot because of it. ought to be
willing to forget and forgive, and call
all hard feelings of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-14
OLD AUTHORS ON FARMING.

Present. day farmers, writes David
Buffum in the September Atlantic, do
not read Xenophon to any great ex-
tent, nor, for that matter, any of the
old classical authorities on agriculture:
Cato. to whom Pliny refers as "a
man Of consummate authority on all
practical matters and deserving of
high honor as the first agriculturist of
his time; Varro, who, at the age of
eighty, wrote one of the most COM
plete agricultural treatises that was
ever written, full of the practical
knowledge of a man who had spent a
lifetime in the study and practice of
agriculture; or Virgil, who, although g.
man Of letters and the greatest poet of
his age, was also a farmer. and did
not deem agriculture a subject IN
worthy of the best efforts of his
genius. 1 fear that the "up-to- date
farmer-especially if he have a sTnat-
tering of the sciences and can talk
with some degree of near-correctness
about nitrates and phosphates and
bacteria-has little respect for the
classics, and would regard it as the
sheerest waste of time to dig into the
rnusty pages of these world-old au-
thorities. And yet he might do so to
advantage. Not one farmer in ten
thousand knows as much about horses
as xenophon did; and Cato and Varro
could give almost any Of them points
in land management that are well
worth knowing, and show a greater
intimacy with the subject than they
themselves possess
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-14
KANSAS cOMAENT

WANTS POSTMASTER PRIMARIES
senator Brlstow wants a primary to
choose the presidential electors in
Kansas, and next Congressman Jack
son rises IN his StirrupS and shouts for
primaries to choose the postmasters.
It remains for some other aspiring
Kansas statesman to demand prima-
ries for choosing the commanding Of
flcers Of the regular army or the
members of the diplomatic service.
The present day political leaders in
hansaS-except, on certain occasions
for instance when it looked like
CharIey Scott, A. NJ. Keene, John
order or half dozen other good Re
publicans might enter the Second dis
trlct congressional race to succeed the
late A. C. Mitchell, instead of the can
set-styled progressives, they were not
willing to have a primary. Even after
the people forced one, it was safe
guarded by number of prohibitive
provisions that nullified the primary
spirit.
But by all means if it will ease Sen
ator Bristow's mind, let US have
state primary to choose presidential
delegates, if for no other reason just
to see how large majority President
Iaft would have. It would probably
offer good opportunity, too, to re-
buke Mr.. Bristow for hanging on to
the tail of La Follette's kite, as he has
Deen doing, and promoting Dem ocratic
= . AoAeI caOA AAStcdu OIL supporting the
republican national administration
Fort Scott Republican.
GREAT DOINGS ON MARS.
1t really behooves US to become a bit
excited about Mars. Mars was in op-
position two years ago and was stuffed
by the astronomers with great spirit.
Mars was again in opposition last
month and Prof. Lowell produces pho
tographS of two new canals each about
a thousand miles 1ong and 20 miles
wide. We know that Mars, while hard
~ one-ninth as massive as our earth,
is of good substantial ground, and if
Martians built those canals in two
years, they must be snickering over
our little Panama ditch.
There's nothing to indicate internal
disturbance about these new canals.
They appear to be clearly cut and with
a purpose. They seem altogether to
support the belief that Mars is peopIed
by an intelligent force But, we're
not going to give our opinion about it
before Taft's tariff board reports
Wichita Beacon.
HOME.
Home is a magic word, and we sell
dom try to analyze it. A little Polish
girl in a public school was asked re-
Gently to write u dennition of home"
IA home" she wrote, is wher. people
comes hon and finds people there,
and then eatsi" And then eats!'' To
how many thousands of men that is
the end and aim of coming hornei TO
how many thousands of women the
preparation of the food to be eaten
is the chief business of homemaking!-
Review.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New york Press. ]

IFrom the New York Press
Bill day seems to come around twice
as fast as pay day.
A girl doesn't have to be very old
to teach a man to think he's teaching
her.
Anybody could swing a baseball
bat all day without blistering his
hands the way a hoe would in five
seconds
If a man who never borrows from
his friends isn't sure of going to
heaven there is no such thing as just
rewards
We think we are fooling our fami-
lies by keeping our troubles from
them when we are only worrying
them the more for fear it is worse
than it is.
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Mount Etna is again pouring out
streams of lava. And if there was a
Mount Etna in Kansas some clever
politician would be certain to gain
much fame and notoriety by insisting
that he was quite competent to put a
lid on it and keep it there.
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Champ Clark will probably arrange
to go home oftener in the future. Most
of the people of Pike county turned
out to meet him on his arrival from
Washington the other day. That was
MT all, however They fed him on
fried chicken, and homegrown water
melon, red to the rind
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Full, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED Press
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away from homo during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
Gach day to any address at the rate Oh
cen cents a week or thirty cents a
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
oct Of town the State journal VIII be
60 you Ike q daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested or
these short time subscriptions 70 save
bookkeeping expenses.
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women they sent to Topeka to repre-
sent them. Certainly as nice a lot of
girls it would be impossible to gather
together in any land. except Kansas.
The girls and women have well de-
served reputation of being among the
flower of womanhood. And if the
visiting girls enjoyed their trip to To-
peka just one iota as much as did
Topekans their presence. everybody
around these diggings will be pleased.
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If the weather man will only behave
himself, and imagine that a drought
for these parts is an absolute necessity
for the next few days, he will be
held in great honor and esteem for the
rest OF his natural life by the people
OF Topeka. His many grievous and
serious offenses and mistakes of the
past will be forgiven.