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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19

tender was alongside the Marion and
most of the passengers for Queenstown
were on the smaller boat. Murphy
scanned every part of the ship but the
girl was not to be seen. lie concluded
that she was in her slater Dom packing
as she was to go on to Liverpool.
Nevertheless he paced the deck ner-
vously expectant. Some inner con-
seriousness told him that events were
shaping themselves into strange chan
nels.
When the tender with its load of
Queenstown passengers was ready to
detach itself from the great ship Muir
phy gave a emendous start. Molly
Sherwen was on the tender. She was
getting off at Ireland and he. the man
who loved her, had no address, no pos
sible clue to where she NuulE be. She
had taken this means of ESCAPED
Murphy looked down at the thin
stream of water which was slowly wild
ening between the two boats Without
stopping to think of what he was doing
he rushed below. In this companion
way he was stopped. A cable for Will
liam James Murphy. He scarcely COM
pretended the contents as he continu-
ed his mad dash for the Il west possible
| deck of the Marion.
When he reached the closest spot to
the tender and his eye caught sight of
a trailing rope from her tern he made
firm clear dive into the almost calm
water.
There was a fearful stirring on both
boats and life preservels were hurled
from all points. Murphy prayed while
he struggled with the sea, that he
might reach that rope before a life
| saver reached him. He was a powerful
swimmer. After q briat but mighty
struggle his hands found and chung to
the rope of the tender. For one second
his eyes looked up and he saw the face
of Molly Sherwell. Her eyes were
praying for his safety ard her arms
were outstretched.
He is mine!' he hea1 her say to
those who would have cared for him
when he went for a moment into the
unconscious world
Later, Molly bent over him. you
might have died-dear--" Her voice
broke
Il would have died anyway-with-
out you. Everything went with you
what was the game worth without
The cable, soaked and quickly disap-
pearing to nothingness fell between
them.
MY first fancee was very tickle.
She married the other fellow five DAYS
after 1 left. Molly-do you know
whether or not we have 70 live in Lon
don more than week before we can
get a license to-"
Even week would seem long
wouldn't it, dear OF Copyright 1911.
by Associated Literary P~ess.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19

in this way extends considerable
distance in the street and is more u
an impediment to traffic than horse
and buggy which is usually driven up
parallel to the curbing, and which
therefore only extends out into the
roadway a few feet.
It is going to be difficult for the COM
missioners to draw a hard and fast or
dinance on this subject affecting auto
mobiles as well as horse drawn vehicles
which will not cause inconvenience to
many people Certainly the blocking of
the streets on busy afternoons and eve
nings with vehicles of all kinds ex-
tending from the curbs has nothing to
recommend it. At the same time the
owners of these vehicles have some
rights in the premises. In patronizing
the stores. it seems almost necessary
that they have the privilege to leave
their vehicles for reasonable time
along the curbing.
Perhaps the desired results could be
accomplished if the proposed ordinance
is made to apply only to Kansas ave-
nue. and one or two other streets which
are looming up as active business Sec
tons. This would leave the vehicle
owners free to use the cross streets for
hitching and standing places for their
wagons and automobiles. Only a mini
mum of inconvenience would be
brought about by an ordinance of this
character. But to pass an ordinance
which would prevent the hitching OF
horses and the standing of automobiles
on all of the cross streets in the busi-
ness section would merit the righteous
indignation with which it would be re-
ceived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

FROM lHe Cnlca2O News.
A hirt and her conscience are soon
divorced.
It's better to be IeveI-headed than
fat-footed.
Swallowing his pride does not satisfy
hungry man.
1t is usually the forward boy who Is
backward at school.
It's the under dog who is anxious for
the peacemaker to get busy
pessimist thinks that the average
man is little below the average.
All flesh is grassland many a man
in a dry town feels like bale of hav.
One way of making an enemy of q
man is refusing to laugh at his old
jokes.
If your luck isn't what 1t should be.
write 'p'' in front of it and try again
An old bachelor says the nice thing
about getting married is tina. you don'e
have to.
Honestly, now, isn't Is the thInpn
that are none of your business that
keep your curiosity wording overtime ,
When a woman can't think Of any
thing else to say to her husband she
cautions him not to eat SO fast ~
smoke so much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
QUAKER fluctuations.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record
It doesn't take a man of letters to
give an L o. U.
You don't often find a leveI-headed
man who is a rounder.
A good scare is often efficacious
where good advice fails.
swollen tooth isn't necessary to
make some people feel cheeky.
Lots of people are living refutations
of the existence of the fool-kilIer
Many a mans charity gets no farther
than passing the hat to others.
Even the man with an extensive vo-
cabulary may never learn to say no.
Some men know their limitations;
others don't even know they have any.
Clothes may make the woman, but
not when the woman makes the clothes.
1t is almost as hard for a man to
live up to his ideas as for a woman to
live up to her photographs.
A girl seldom thinks Of making a
name for herself until she realizes that
she can't annex some mans.
Tommy-'Pop, what is a pessimist p
Tommy's Pop-"A pessinist. my son,
is a man who loves himself for the
enemies he has made
Perhaps you drink too much cof-
fee suggested the doctor. II should
advise you to try a substitute" Sir.
your advice is superfIuous, replied the
patient. Il have lived in boarding
houses for % years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

No one should be too busy to dress
up until he puts on q shroud.
)rne men reverse the old song. and
insist on upsetting their own canoes.
Women BARRIERS are so scarce that
more womon should buy safety raz-
ors.
An optimist can't prove it by point
ing out the silver lining in other peo-
ple's clouds.
It - our notion that the average
woman is savage enough without wear
ing earrings.
If you put in more than half your
| time making explanations, it is a sign
they are too long.
Why is it that a boy so readily out
grows the bedtime prayer, and retains
the smoking habit?
Still the man who wins a bet may
not have as good judgment as the one
who makes no bet at all.
Ever see a shepherds crook? But
of course, you have met many of the
other we'll known varieties.
a woman can wear q lot of ostrich
feathers without demonstrating any
disposition to hide her head.
Marching in the parade demands
about the lowest scale of any hard
work we can SEink of just now.
In considering Duty, the aversg e wo-
man thinks less Of her husband thar
Of writing letters to her kin.
Courts manage to keep pretty tusy
but cases against lynchers seldom
cause them to hold night sessions.
One can buy mining stock and sec
| ond-hand machinery at reduced prices
without getting much of a bargain.
Speaking Of pure food crusades, they
may help you, but they won't save
you f you continue to eat too much
Get some men to telling of the jobs
they have held, and it is easy to in
crease the existing number Of cente-
mariana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
VEHICLES ON BUSY STREETS.

While the city commissioners are
wrestling with the problem of drafting
an ordinance that will prohibit tho
hitching of horses along Kansas ave-
nue.. they should not overlook the fact
that automobiles are also offenders IN
this particular. And in matter Of
this sort there is no good reason why
one kind Of sauce should be served for
the gander and another kind for the
goose.
If anything, some automobilists are
worse offenders in this respect than are
horse owners. They have the habit of
running their machines up to the curb
at an angle of 80 degrees and letting
them stand in this fashion for hours at
time. A large automobile that is set
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
Fought Hornets in Water.

Richard Harris, who lives at Sandy
Grove, a hamlet of us persons, between
Rossvflle and Princes Bay, Staten
Island, was almost stung to death and
drowned at the same time.
A cherry tree stands on the bank CT
Boyes Lake, near Rossville. Harris
who is a man grown, climbed the tree
to pick cherries. After he had filled
his pail he started to descend. and
stepped from a limb which broke be-
meath his weight, precipitatfng him and
the fruit into the lake. which, near the
bank, is from 6 to 10 feet deep.
On the tip of the limb was a large
and active colony of hornets, whose
nest also went with the limb, which
flOated, while part of the nest was wet
The hornets resented the wrecking of
their home and attacked Harris, who
was struggling to swim ashore.
So fierce was the attack that he
could not swim and fight the enemy at
the same time. He had to keep himself
afloat and repel the insects simultane.
ously- Occasionally he would duck his
head under, but he could not long re
main there.
The unequal battle continued for a
quarter of an hour, the strangest kind
of aquatic fight. Harris was stung re-
peatedly upon the face. scalp, hands,
and arms, and even upon his legs.
While the battle was still on Larry
O'Neill, Of Rossville, happened to pass.
He went to Harris assistance, with
stones as his weapons. He stoned the
hornets nest floating on the branch
which distracted the attention of the
stingers, allowing the cherry picker to
swim ashore. Harris said the diver
sion of the enemy probably saved his
life. as he was nearly exhausted from
his efforts to fight hornets and keep
af1oat at the same time.
Harris cherries were a complete
loss.-New York World.
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When 1t was said of man that he
should earn his broad by the sweat
of lis face, it was not a curse pro-
nounced against him. AS between the
man who works and the one who does
not the former is the happier. The
friend of man who bids him God
speed as he goes to his daily task is
his real friend. The man who stands
up and bemoans the fact that man
must work is not the friend of man
kind.
The do-nothing man may take pleas
ure in the fact that he has Inherited
from his Gather enough of the worlds
substance that he doesn't have to work
for his living. but he isn't half so hap
py as the man who has by hard ticks,
perseverance and economy. come into
possessions that render him and his
comfortable.
The men who are moving the car of
progress in the world and who are ad-
van sing the cause of civilization are
the men who toll with their hands and
their heads and do things that render
them of some account in the world and
in the community in which they make
their homes.-KnoxviIle Journal and
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
HUAOR OF THE DAY

Better late than neer," said the always
cheerful commuter as he reached the sta
ton Just in time to see the last night
train pullou for Wading Pond.-Life
Doc, give me something for my head
acne. Did you ever have a headache
before?' Nope-usually after Toledo
Blade.
MY good woman. think you are suf-
LeTlnS from an acute attack of nostalgia"
NO, doctor, faint that. I'm only home
sick. "-Baltimore American.
TT has taken BiIIinger six years to save
enough money to visit Europe. He sailed
today How long will he be goue?'
six weeks. cleveland Plain Dealer
You can usually tell thinker by the
things that make him silent.-Life.
Hoax-Here's an article written by
Sclentst who says that insects have emo
tons He claims he has frequently seen
a mosquito weep. Joax-Wen, I've often
seen moth ball.-Philadelphia Record
Mrs. Bargandy TAT ball game)-Dear mel
| What miserable little hit that isl He
ought to be ashamed of himself. Bargain
| dy (eXcitedly)-Why, you marbIetop
that's sacrifice! Mrs. Bargandy-O-o-o-
OH And is that why so many players
rushed to it?-Puck.
Would you mind footing your factory
whistle a little?" What for?" For my
father over yonder in the park. He's a
trifle deaf and he hasn't heard a robin
this spring. kansas City Journal.
Adam Smith had decided to write a book
and call it the Wealth of the Nations -
Most of that wealth will be mine he
said, 'if everybody named Smith buys a
copy of it" But he made a sad mistake
He neglected to dedicate the book to the
Johnsons.-Chicago Tribune.
Hercules had been driven in taxicab
to the Augean stables and told to get
busy. Whats the use." he bitterly nut
tered. Just as soon as get EN- cleaned
up they'll be turned into a garage"
Nevertheless, he fell to work.-Cleveiand
Plain Dealer.
Seaside Lodgings 'opes.
ma am, as you finds the bracing hair
down ere improves your happetites
ma am? Young Wife-Oh, yes Mrs Ker-
ridge For instance-at home we only eat
one loaf a. day, and find from your ao-
count that we manage eight here.-Lon-
don Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Moot folk could just as easily steer
around trouble IS into it.
Rich mer are apt to be conservative
but few conservative men get rich.
= =
And the vacation season also produces
a fresh and an abundant crop of fairy
tales.
Some people are of such sober mein
they never laugh except in their sleep,
and that's accidental.
=
AS Swain said: He that hath nothing
else has hope. And man reduced to
those straits certainly needs lots OF
1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom TIE New YORK pres.,

LFrom tire New York Press
good i1,do sIrts you guess right it was
1ondost howl , abo,,. VINO no VIII make the
winter. u' the coal bills next
A girl can be delighted with tb.
q man brushes his hair tin sbn way
ries him. S mar
A woman can be proud Of IN
her husband does things If she e'is way
do them for him. mas to
It must be that woman Iil.au
axe ner husband calling beczuSa ~
spells all her OVID fs1R az Il. u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
LIFE AND DREAMS.

In dreams there's a land
Where the flowers are red,
And the flowers are kissed by the dew.
A breeze comes by and whispers things
To butterfly that is blue.
Blue as her eyes,
Red as her lips
Breeze like a kiss
On her finger tips.
In life the blossoms were bleeding hearts,
The kiss was of ice not dew;
The breeze was a gale that battered and
tore
The wings of the butterfly blue.
Blue were her eyes,
Red were her lips
Storm that has killed
To her finger tips.
Mao Macpherson Brooks, in Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
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ont OF town the State journal VIII be
60 YOU like q daily letter from home.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
FROM OTHER PENS
WHAT THE FRESHMAN SAID.

What the Irishnlan sailor was It
Mark Tvain?-is really of no conse-
quence. a writer in Science remarks
.The educational problem is to secure
attention for certain ideas which make
for growth. The difficulty III the solu-
tion of which is a type OF future eX-
perience.' Boys like con.monsense
problems in mathematics ard shy away
from dull passages in history. When
they hear that the abstcmious George
III dined upon mutton ard turniIs
which they hate. they are ready next
time to pass their plates for more
about that worthy. Breadth Of instruc-
ton is needed. The feeling Of effort adds
no value to the educative process.
Teachers should strive t. gain Il PUB
lie among the class for the reception
of important ideas. and wheneve" Dos
sible should utilize racial processes.
Much that is taught might be impaired
in less time; often the children get
neither he spice nor the discipline OF
the subject. The teacher Of person.
atty, the good teacher, is usually in
teresting. and usually without ade-
ouate compensation for The peculiar
exceIlencies No one would pay her for
being attractive as she teaches and
for making her children laugh about
what the Irishman 3aid-or was it Mark
Twain ?-Cnarlesto News and Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
THE TOWN KNOCKER.

Occasionally one will hear the re-
mark, 81 wish I was out of this town, y
and then one feels like saying. 81 wish
you were" for a man who stands on
the street corners, chewing and spit
ting, telling obscene stories. curslng
the town, finding fault with his grand
mother because she was woman,
claiming that the merchants are lot
of thieves, that the lawyers and news
paper men would skin =. man to fin
ish, and a whole lot more, is nuis-
ance and an Observation-Disclosures tah
Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
KANSAS COAAGEHT


VACATIONS.
Thomas Edison is taking the first
vacation he has had in many years.
he IS taking it not because he needs
IL but because it will freshen up his
appetite FOR hard work All his pleas
ure IN life come from work, and that
pleasure Will be enhanced by a brief
experience of idleness.
There is a superstitious belief that
peop.e who work hard should have a
vacation once year and so great
deal of time and money is wasted that
way. A vacation is all right for young
people. They need it and get some
good out OF it. They nave the capac1-
ty for enjoyment; but when a man is
ola and stringhalte1 a vacation does
MIN an injury unless he spends it at
nome resting. As a rule a man works
harder during his vacation than ne
DOES at his appointed task in the
clanglng mart. He upsets all mis- es-
tablished habits, and eats and drinks
things that don't agree with him and
tires himself out in one way and an
other, and comes back home feeling
like a railway wreck
If he would come back quietly and
return to his work without talking too
much, it would be his own business,
and nobody would have a right to crlti-
else. But everybody breads the man
who has returned from a vacation. He
always want TO tell long stories about
the hill he climbed, or the fish he
caught, or the woods he camped In
Nobody cares anything about his fsh
or his hill or his woods, but ne per-
sists in telling the whole story TO eV-
erybody he can corner. About the most
selfish thirg man can do is to come
back from a trip and tell of the fun
he had to friends who have had no
chance for a vacation
The average vacation is foolish and
Improbable for many reasons, one OF
them being the expense. The average
man will fool away as much money
during a fortnight's vacation as he
would spend on himself in year at
home, and he gets nothing for it.
Edison is a wise old man. He takes
one vacation in 25 years, and considers
| it necessary to apologize for that.-Em-
poria Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
PROHIBITION A SUCCESS.

We have received from a wholesale
liquor dealers associa ton a good
many clippings trying 40 prove that
prohibition is a failure. II t really is
a failure, why do liquor dealers assO-
Citations fight it so hard? The real
trouble is that prohibition is injuring
their business so badly that they are
fighting hard to stop the prohibition
wave that is sweeping this country.
Let the good work go on. For about
thirty years we have lived without US
ing fire water, and expect to finish our
days in this good way. We and every
one else, are better with out it.-Goff
Advance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
'eYeggman's soup.v

Soup of the evening, beautiful
SOUP" however appetizing = may have
been, is not listed in the latest defini-
tive or variorum edition o. cookery re-
ceipts, nor do you find on the carte du
jour-after you have made certain of
its equivalent on the bill of fare side
any potage du soir. Here is a recipe
for soup served only after nightfall,
preferably in the early morning hours.
Try this on your neighbours piano:
First, take about ten OF a dozen i'm
pwri hz xug, crumble it ur fine and put
1t in a pan or washboNi, then pour
over it enough usWhohs (either chhx
or Iaky) to cover it well. Stir it up
with your hands, being careful to
break all the Jumps; leave it set a few
minutes; then get a few yards of
cheesecloth and tear it in pieces and
strain the mixture through the cloth
into another vessel wiring the SaWdust
dry and throw it away. The remains
will be the Lhal ugx uswhohs mixed /;
next take the same amount OF water
as you used of uswhohs and pour it
in; leave the whole set for a few min
utes''
This is the soup" employed by yegg-
men, and single portion of it is guar
anteed to open the door OF the stoutest
safe, provided an aperture can be
made sufficiently large to pour in the
stuff. The names of the ingredients
arc written in a crude aort of cipher
comm only used for preserving such
secrets. This and dozens more of the
same transparency of meaning are in
the possession of the U,ited States
secret service men, the police, detec-
tive agencies, and others who deal
with the cooks of such dishes By a
substitution of letter for letter-the
first six for the last six Of the alpha
bet the second six for the third six,
{o1 rg+ - r1Tv.1 ~ n
made Interchangeable cipher is
easily read. "Impwrl hz xug," trans
lated, IS sticks Of "dan" (shnrt for dy-
namite). "Uswhohs, either chhx OF
iaky''-alcohol, either wood or pure
may be used.
The directions for serving this soup
require considerable attention and the
best of trained service. Afte- the "gay
cat or advance agent, of the band has
learned all that can he found out
about the bank, store, or postOfffce, its
lighting. protection. and the means OF
escape by freight train, vehicle, or on
foot, his companion or companions
possible. 'Stick-ups," or look-outs
guard the place while the ''inside men
break into the safe. Sealing the cracks
about the safe or vault door with soap
the yeggmen pour in the soup through
small hole left open at the top. The
llQulO nOWS down Dy locks, nlnSeS5 dIlO
bolts, and is set off by fuse or detona-
tor. Blankets and covers of any kind
are used to muffle the sound of the ex-
plosion and the fall of the door. Per-
hapS the "stick-ups" are forced to Gre
ate a diversion outside and to brighten
the citizens, or mislead them, while the
Inside men, pick out the valuable
papers and escape. Who pays the
checks for the soup then depends upon
the ingenuity of detectives.-New York
| Evening Post.
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It appears that the glucose trust was
after DR.. Wiley but it wasn't sticky
enough to catch him. However. It
seems to have had better luck with
other government officials who en-
5oyed more authority than DR.. Wiley
rnaseeead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19

That big aviation meet at Chicago
has been relegated to the background
by the marvellous flights being made
by Harry Atwood on his air journey
from St Louis to New York and Bos-
ton. Nor should the feet be forgot
ten that he is using a Wright aero
plane
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19

Another expressive example of the
kinks in human nature: Albert Solo
mon OF st. Louis. editor of the HUI
manitarian. whose slogan admonish-
ed everybody to be kind and gentle,
has just been arrested for beating his
vile and fighting with his brother-in-
law. A modern Diogenes would need
more than a lighted lantern to direct
hH footsteps to a man who practices
what he breaches.