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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
ON SUPERSTITION.

What is the connection between
superstition and faith? asks a writer
in Harper's Weekly. Do they spring
from the same root? Are they differ
ing manifestations of the same inner
ent force? A we'll disciplined and well
educated mind and soul should possess
transcendent faith, which, producing
hone and courage, will invariably set
free all that natures best energies. On
the other hand, the crude mind and
souI. possessing superstition rather
than faith, will show a corresponding
faar and hopelessness that as surely
result in inaction.
Here, for instance, is woman of
middle age. She can read and write,
and speaks English, German. and
Magyar. She is strong and vigorous
of body, seemingly so of mind, Is mar
ried. and has three children, boys. I'm
fortunately, her husband, though a
good workman and making good
wages, is an occasional drunkard, and
when in his fits of drunken fury, Is
cruel to the wife and children. Time
and again she temporarily leaves him.
with the intention of supporting her
self and of providing partly for the
children. The boys, fearing their
father and suffering from his temper
are most DESTROYS to have her leave
him-they urge her so to do; the wom-
an herself seems to want to leave him
since it is the best and wisest course;
and vet She tells this straight
plain, earnest tale. and. after hearing
it, you rub your eyes and wonder
whether you are awake and whether
this is the twentieth century or the
twelfth. She never loved the man
she says, never wanted to marry him
But he was a persistent sutton and
gave her little peace. And in theil
workaday life she saw much of him
or he contrived to see much of her
and to make his feeling and persist
ence felt. This woman, Anna, "nevel
took anything" beer gave her head
ache, wine made her sick; but one day
being with some friends, among
| was young married woman
4 a particular partisan of the de
termined sutton, this young mar
ried woman gave Anna a glass o
blackberry wine or cordial, saying
you don't like anything; but this i
just a blackberry drink that won
hurt YOU" And the confiding ANN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
QUAKER MEDrTATIoNs.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
Mushy literature-A cereal story.
No, Maude, dear; poker isn't always
played on a deal table.
The love that passeth understanding
is really the love of self.
A woman's idea of something too
good to keep is any secret
Pointing out a mans faults isn't the
kind of pointer he likes to get.
The people who hear the most com
plimentary things are those who talk
to themselves.
The fellow who depends upon a
train of thought doesn't always get
there on time.
Some people seem to have an idea
they can buy their way into heaven by
paying pew rent
The fellow who has JUS eaten an
onion shouldn't boast about it. In
fact, he shouldn't breathe it to soul.
Gotrox: "Can you support my
daughter in the way she has been ac-
customed to live, young MANI" Hard
uppe: well, it'll be your fault If l
can't"
Blobbs: ct never knew Wigwag was
collector of antiques" Slobbs: "Oh'
yes He actually collected $40 the
other day that Borrowed had owed
him for eight years."
The dyspeptic was discouraging on
the subject of his ailments. Worces-
tershire sauce is very good for the
liver" said the man who gives advice.
But I never eat liver" snapped the
dvSnautic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
HUlAOR or THE DAY

A Safe Claim.-Griggs (protesting)-You
don't mean to claim that your memory
is absolutely perfect? Briggs-Well L
can honestly say that at the present mo-
ment cannot remember anything that
have ever observation-disclosures Transcript
One of Those Sensible Questions.-John
kendr1ck Bangs was one day calling up
his wife on the telephone. The maid at
the other end did not recognize her mas
ter's voice." and after Bangs had told
you wish to speak with Mrs. Bangsf'
mo, indeed" replied the humorist; II
want to kiss her."-Southwest.
All, if He Only Could.-Reporter Cat
door of mansion)-There is a rumor that
Mr.. Greatman has just died. Is this true?
Butler-Yes; but he has nothing TO say
for pubhcation.-Boston Transcript
Little Sister-Teacher says there is a
still, small voice that tells when we've
done wrong. Little Jimmie-Aw, bet II
yours. You're always tattlin' on me-
Chicago Daily News.
did that explorer suffer any physical
Arctic regions?' Yes" What was it?'
Writers cramp. Star.
.aThat man is a fanatic about temper
ance, isn't her. Yes. / knew him once
to leave a farm where he was TO spend
the summer because he met the farmer .
son driving the horses to drink. "-BaIu-
more American.
Visitor-Tve just come from the doctor
funeral, but I didn't see any OF you
there. Hostess-No-my husband diqn
care to go; a funeral always upsets MN.
Vfsftor-Oh, well, If you never go TO otne ONE,
peoples funerals don't see how you Ca"
expect them to come to yours.-Puncn'
First Centipede-Is he henpeckedI See
ond Centipede-Mercy, yes! his wife MAKES
him wine all his feet--Harper Baz~A'
Not Fsasy.-"What is the hardest W. W.
VOL, do?'' my hardest work, Isp itsa
Senator Sorghum, lis trying 10 1908 -
nv nhotograph and talk like my speee spec 1'
wbe1 get back to my home town.
Washington Star:
! roo- sunport.-Kin Hubbard, the In.
5taDo b11norist-one of them, that Is 70
savDonce was assigned to cover a Pc PEI
9oyroance of "Uncle Toms CABIN: ~
bard had his brain-child, old "Ape M ar.
tin" report the play. rms was SIay Va
c,i;;son1e. f'Uncle Toms CABIN pay ~ -
| Sn,s-n +, MeIodeon Hall las night
5ogs was good, but they had poor SUI
port."-Southwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
THE RANCH MAID.

She amt 50 awfully lily-white
As heroines of books,
But you can bet she's there, all right,
With honest, wholesome looks;
She's freckled, and must admit,
There's sunburn on her nose,
But she can twirl a rope and git
A horse each time she throws.
Her hands are slim and strong and brown,
Her hair hangs in braid;
Unlike the gals that come from town.
She never gifts afraid;
She don't know tennis and sech things,
Nor run them steeds that honks,
But say, she beats the world, by jinksi
At tarnin' outlaw bronks.
There's no soft pedal on her laugh
1t rtpples loud and free;
She's speedy with the sort of chan
That some calls repartee;
She's busy, mornin', noon and night,
And, when she rides to church,
I have to hit the trail, all right,
Or git left in the lurch.
Arthur Chapman, in the Denver Repub-
Hcan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most persons have pretty good ear
for chin-music.
The average hand-shake might Just
as well be dispensed with for all IT
means.
-
The cheers of the multitude often
don't mean any more than the letting
off Of little surplus steam.
Mules regulations for being promis-
cuous kickers stand them in good
stead. Humans don't annoy them so
much as they would otherwise.
\
There's another thing that helps out
a lot in a new country. All the noted
men in it are not resting peaceably IN
the cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

ropolitan club. But he can make bet
ter speech than all the members Of
that club put together. 1t seems that
the objections of the dandies in the
Metropolitan club to Mr.. Littleton
were merely based on the fact that he
Is a self-made man. Mr.. Littleton
should feel honored in being denied
admission to this organization, which
has been given a righteous slap in the
face by President Taft that will give
it black eye for many day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago NeWS.1
No. Cordelia, not all pill dispensers
are pillagers-
Probably the supreme human
achievement is self mastery.
Silence is often the strongest protest
that can be offered.
Sober second thought may not show
up until the morning after.
Tell a girl she is beautiful and it will
be news to her if she really is.
A man may induce a woman to keep
a secret by not sharing it with her.
It's impossible for a young man to
surprise a girl by. kissing her. She
always expects it.
Womankind is divided into two
classes-those who are married and
those who want to be.
1t is not difficult for a girl to love
almost any young man that her pa
rents are willing to object to.
After a girl is married it seems 10
be up to the neighbors to let out re-
marks to the effect that she didn't
marry the man OF her choice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

from the New York Press
Glory is in mans head and a
woman's heart.
If a man got paid salary for ly-
ing in a hammock he'd hate the job.
One of the cleverest tricks a girl has
is to catch a man by running away
from him.
A woman knows her husband is a
good Christian If he doesn't make sug-
gestions about the cook.
man thinks he understands gar
dening because he knows the differ
ence between a furnace poker and a
spade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
HOME 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
ten cents a week or thirty cents a
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State journal will be
to you like daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

The -mindedness Of some pee
pie is amasing. A resolution has been
presented to the general assembly of
the Presbyterian church condemning
President Taft for appointing as chief
justice of the supreme court of the
United States a man who happens to
be a Roman Catholic and to have been
educated in a Jesuit college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

drank. But this seemingly innocent
blackberry decoction was in reality
love-philtre, a spell, prepared TO WORK
cunningly and completely its worm
charm. From that time she could nc
longer resist the ardent wooer. MS
influence was paramount, and against
her instincts and will she married him.
with the resultant misery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

If Charles Batten LOOMS can fix up
a joke on the three surgical operations
that have been performed on him with
in three months-a joke that will light
up his own face with q smile-his rep
utation as a humorist will be enhanced
considera bly,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

According to a sculptor you can't
"show the majesty of the human form
in trousers and Skirts notes the Lou
isville Courier-Journal, and it adds:
But thank goodness these garments are
useful in hiding multitude Of unlovely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

English boxers are puzzled because
sparring contests are placed under the
ban in many sections of the United
States. At home they can indulge in
activities Of this sort to their hearts
content. And when they get back there
they will probably have a few strange
ideas to impart to their friends on the
liberty that is accorded to those who
dwell in this Wanted land of the
free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

That theory that there is honor
among thieves has been given a gaping
puncture in New York. Rival factions
of the gambling fraternity there are
holding each other up at the point of
pistols and robbing each other of the
coin they have -f1lched from their pat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Barge lines that have not been in
operation on the Mississippi river for
a quarter of a century are again doing
business at the old stand. But there
is no Mark Twain nowadays to chron-
fcle their ronances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Taxi-cab chauffeurs in Paris to the
number of 1900 are out on a strike.
II similar strike were called in To-
peka the number of such chauffeurs
who would have to respond would be
limited to one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Easy come, easy go. Former Mayor
Sch1nitz, of San Francisco, who was
reputed to have gathered in a half
million dollars by grating when he
held that honorable position, is so fin
ancially strapped in Mexico that he
hasn't the price of a railroad ticket
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Down in Tennessee there seems to be
a method Of recalling judges which is
peculiar to that strange land. A negro
who was displeased with the decision
Of a county Judge killed him. But this
act was probably considered not to be
without certain advantages. 1t gave
the Tennesseeans another excuse to in
duIge in their favorite sport Of lynch
ing. Law and order and Tennessee
seem to be strangers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
telegraph report of that great news or
ganizafion for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Where there's a will there's a way.
New Mexico happens to be without an
adequate statute for the punishment
of kidnapers. Two of this gentry came
up before Judge Roberts of Las Vegas
for sentence the other day. They were
deemed to be guilty of burglary and
were each awarded good long terms in
the penitentiary. Hail to Judge Rob-
artqi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

How cheap it must make the ordi-
nary, plug citizen feel to read in the
newspapers that a baseball magnate
refuses $4,000 in cash for the services
of one of his PLAYERS?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

And speaking of a waste Of words,
no less than 207 set speeches Of con-
siderable length have been delivered
thus far in the present session Of the
house of representatives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Something new in the way Of a water
fowl: England has a flying machine OF
the dirigible balloon type which can
be anchored on the water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Congressman Littleton. of New York.
NAV not have been suitable timber in
the minds of certain of the directors
fer membership in Washington's Met
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
A Lay SERMON

Tor eignt years Bert Lucas had
hnown that he was liable to be re-
moved from the activities of mi.
world with only a few ]avs' no. Sls
he mad known, during those vears
that ne would not be permitted To f,1,
OUT the allotment promised him hn
tne Blble-for he had always Nor,
ed his father and his mother ~
that promise applied, He was , ana
known man during these eight years
II is more than probable that L.
IMAM half dozen men in this tow
nad wider acquaintance And 81
tnoush this column, dedicated to fool
isnness' is no place for moral lessons
these questions are not intended ss
desecration of the memory of Raw
Lucas. bert
Did anyone ever hear him "beatn
about anything? Certainly not. He
slnlIeo, over half dozen years ago
When ne told the writer that he en-
Wed convicted criminal, because tbo
criminal might get reprieve from
1901 governor, but that the onII
Governor with power to time his fin,
slider. 'on-
| Did anyone ever find him unwinirz
to help friend?
Or take an interest in the trivial
troubles of others?
NO. He just pegged along the hes.
ne could wasted no time in regrets or
|
passed out as he had lived, without
any extra frills. 0u'
No church in this town is LARGO
enough to hold the friends of Rert
Lucas, but although they NAV miss
the funeral grafton, they may get =
valuable lesson from this poorly
written column. which is usually ded-
lcated to foolishness
| swearing is a discredited method NJ
relieving crouch, but we hold that
1t is Al sigbt
better than kicking the dog.
There is another advantage to Civ
ing up tobacco. A man will have mora
TO spend on his other bad habits.
KANSAS WEATHER REPORT
la spell of drought-then gleefr1
| gobs of welt
Oh, frabjous joyi The ground is
nicely soaked
Come on, We stricken onions-here's
| bet
You beat the radishes we thought
had croaked.
=
; few short hours of midland then
THE DUST BEGINS TO FLY AGAIN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25
FROM OTHER PENS
THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION.

Lord I.ansdownes plan for remod-
cling the house of lords, wholesale,
proposed by peers and backed by the
Tory party, will not become law, but
1t registers the sweeping revolution in
progress in England.
Changes there are here; but moth
ing like those in the United Kingdom.
The referendum-over which many
halt here-now is accepted by Mr..
Balfour, the philosophic leader OF the
Conservative party, as the next great
political step. The radical land taxa
ton of Lloyd-George is forcing the
sale of one great estate after another.
The house of lords is passing dras-
tic measure for the creation or small
holdings at public cost which the LID
erals cannot reject.
To oId-age pensions for all wage
earners over 10 and compensation for
every industrial injury, from the
steam steel forge to the housemaid's
mop, there is to be added support
in illness and wages during all nom
employment. In education, the non
university teachers and inspectors are
protesting against the advantage en-
joyed by Oxford and Cambridge grad
uates In the army there Is protest
against a system which closes commits
sions to- those of small means. When
the house of commons in Mr.. Asquith' s
of the house of lords to reject the lib
eral legislation and proposes instead a
temporary veto of two years 1t will
leave the commons supreme.-Phila-
delphia Press.
AMERICA IN PURE" SCIENCE.
Even among educated Americans the
remark is often heard thai too little
first-rate scientific work, research or
lit, Ii, &c IN OI1Y- n
try. The regret is expressed that we
should be SO practical, not to say so
commercial, and that we should speci-
alize in applied science, invention, in
dustrial art, etc, and neglect the purer
and nobler sciences. Yet here comes
spontaneous, significant tribute to
American scholarship of the purest
and most DISTINGUISHED type. For a
British encyclopedia he found it neces-
sary and profitable to enlist the SER
vices of American servants and think
Iers in connection with such subjects as
paleontology, astronomy Mohamme-
dan nstitutions-although England is
1.-THE greatest Mohammedan power
Oriental antiquities, Christianity, elm
atology, etc. What this means, says
/ the editor, is that Americans "have
supplying their share of original mind
stuff for the whole world to digest and
profit by This testimony will be read
with pleasure in American universities
Institutes and scientific societies. There
J is no f1attery in it-just truth and fact
No, we are not too practical and COM
mercia1 to cultivate pure. abstract an6
noble science The dollar mark Is mo-
stamped on our higher activities in the
way charged by hostile critics or pessi
Unsteady admitted by insuficiently in
i formed Americans of commendabl'
lidealistic mpathies.-Chicago Re
lcord- Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

The latest Mrs. Cooper is not the
worldly assets, but, owing to the ac-
tivities of her predecessors, the half
at present is not the wide, roomy seat
it used to be.
Charles Battell Loomis, the humor-
lst, Is undergoing an operation for
some strange malady." Strange
malady' is the surgeons right way
to extensive interior research and as
humor is sometimes considered a
strange malady," they will probably
commence by removing his funny
bone.
Don't ask lawyer to s'lie low" 1t
is against his creed, for he believes
in doing some tall lying, and it comes
high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

There is another advantage to Civ
ing up TOBACCO. A man will have more
to spend on his other bad habits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

swearing is dfscredited method ~
renewing crouch, but we hold that
1t is AT - eigbt
better than kicking the dog.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

THAT man is a fanatic about temper
ance isn't her. Yes. / knew him once
to leave a farm where he was TO speno
the summer because he met the farmer
son driving the horses to drink -6alu-
more American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Not Easy.-"What is the hardest w1lI
,,c nv do9'' my hardest work." rep iiss
sSopator Sorghum, lis trying to look Tx
nv photograph and talk like my speee S Is
when get back to my nome 'o"N'
Washington star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

ibid that explorer suffer any physical
ailment as a result of his trip to the
Arctic regions?" Yes" What was 1t
writers cramp."-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-25

Little Sister-Teacher says there is
still, small voice that tells when we've
done wrong. Little Jimmie-Aw, bet it's
yours. You're always tattlin' on me-
Chicago Daily News.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-14
iowa GIRL Goes
INSANE IN KANSAS
BERTHA ELDON, REL, SEQ FROM
MT. PLEASANT, HELD AT
49, HOxlE, KAN.

Marshalltown, March 13.-Bertha
Eldcn. a Marshalltown woman who, at
one time. was sent to the state hos
pital at Mt. Pleasant, insane at
Hoxie. Kan. according to letter re-
ceived by County Auditor A. H. Wei
ker. ,.-,. ..'..
According to the letter the authori-
ties at Hoxie propose to return her to
this county for care unless arrange
ments are made to have her cared Tor
elsewhere The young woman's mother
is Mrs. Elizabeth Hockett, who form
erly lived in this city, and who is sup
posed to be resident here.
The Eldon young woman is about 20
years of age She was arraigned be-
fore Judge Parker on July 10, 1909, on
a charge filed by her mother, Mrs.
Hockett, who charged her with using
morphine and other narcotics. The
young woman consented to go to the
Mt. Pleasant hospital, where she was
committed for a term Of three years.
On July 49,, 1909 she was released
from the Mt. Pleasant hospital and
taken home by her mother. The
memorandum giving the reason for her
release was that it was on account OF
her failing health. ..,~ ..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-14
HENRY SCHMIDT
SUESf0R DAMAGE
CLAIMS $685. FROM CITY BECAUSE
OF EAST END FIRE STA
g- TON BLAZE.

An echo of the east end fire station
blaze that destroyed1 the station on
Iowa avenue more than a year ago,
is noted in a petition filed by Henry
Schmidt, former fireman, claiming
S595.35 from the city for the loss OF
personal belongings and sustaining
burns during the fire. Mr.. Schmidt
was one Of the firemen stationed at
the hose house at the time Of the fire,
and with other members OF the de-
partment was engaged in trying to re-
move the pitch with which the cedar
block paving of the station was COW
cred. The means of removing the
pitch was by burning with the aid OF
gasoline, aud the fire getting the up
per hand Of the small force Of men en-
gagged in the work, soon had the build
ing ablaZe and completely destroyed
the interior OF the station with its con-
tents except the two horses, one OF
which was permanently disabled for
service in the department.. Mr..
Schmidt claims that number Of suits
Of clothes, shoes, underwear, watch,
hose, etc, belonging to him were de-
stroyed in the fire while he was try
ing to save the property Of the city
that he was burned upon the hands
and face. and that when he asked re-
imbursment OF the council he was re-
fused.
On Hhe claiming that he used undue