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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
DRY FIRE ExTINGUIsHERs.

: So much is being said about the i'm
mense national fire loss that a word
about the fraudulent forms of so-called
protection against fire, which prey upon
this common knowledge may not be
amiss. writes c. c. Young, chemist of
the state water survey. University OF
Kansas, in a bulletin issued recently
by the university. 1t is a very COM
mon thing in buildings, especially in
small towns and rural districts. to see
a long tube filled with dry powder
hung on the wall, labeled in lurid coll
ors. Fire ExtinguisherI" no thought
being held as to its efficiency as a
means of protection against fire. The
word "Extinguisher' certainly pro-
notes a false idea of security which
should be corrected.
1t has been the fortune of the writer
to examine the contents of some of
these contrivances, and in every case
which has come to his notice. the basis
of the powder has been baking soda
or soda ash. Experiments have shown
dry fire extinguishers (the only pro
lection against fire in many buildings)
are of no more value for putting out
fire than g. small coal shovel full of
ashes. A New York chemist was very
much impressed with a demonstration
in which the salesman for the extfn-
guisher company poured a thin stream
of benZine on the floor, ignited it and
then put the fire out with the dry pow
der. The chemist went home some
what perplexed. but found that with
a little practice he could do the same
trick with a quart cup full of sand,
salt or fine dirt. dexterity being the Sc
cret of the salesman's success.
The type of extinguisher that will
insure protection in a measure is the
soda water extinguisher. This consists
of copper cylinder, filed with a solu-
ton Of soda in water. A bottle of acid
is so arranged that upon turning the
apparatus upside down the contents of
the bottle is spilled into the soda So
luton, and a strong pressure, due to
the liberation of carbon, dioxide, is OBJ
tanned, thus forcing the water out of
short hose that is connected to the
bottom Of the cylinder. BY this means
a small stream of water can be direct
ed very nicely upon the fire.
We recommend to any depending
upon dry fire extinguisher for pro-
lection, that they throw it in the rub
bish heap" and install the soda water
type or pals of water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
EMMA GOLDMAN.

Emma Goldman has visited Topeka,
was given a respectful hearing by
those who were interested in her eth
er through curiosity or otherwise, and
has departed on her way to continue
spreading the peculiar gospel of an
archial liberty. But it is nothing more
than the gospel of an unreasonable
discontent-a discomfort with the in
situations and conventions of society
that have been built UP and developed
through the best experience of man
kind since the very beginning of
things
And the chances are that Miss Gold
man would have long since talked
herself out If she had been treated
with the same consideration and
courtesy in all other places that was
given her in Topeka. But because she
has ever advertised herself as a dis
ciple of anarchy, and all the hideous
things for which that term stands. she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
THE ROCK ISLANDS PROGRESS.

THE ROCK ISLANDS PROGRESS.
1t was a real pleasure for Topekans,
through their Commercial club to ex-
tend the hand of hospitality yesterday
to H. U. Nudge, president of the great
Rock Island railroad system, and the
other high officials of this company.
who made a special trip from Chicago
for the purpose of being this city's
guests. Most of the members of the
party were as old friends to Topeka
and Kansas. Most of them made their
start at the bottom of the railroad
ladder in this state. They are now at
the top of the railroad profession, and
their proficiency in their calling is evil
denced by the rapid way in which they
are transforming the Rock Island sys-
tenn from a rather poorly managed
railroad property into one of the best
conducted railway lines in the country.
Mr.. Mudge's career is one of those
interesting lromances of railroading.
1t is not so many years ago that he
was a wat boy with a railroad gang
working at Enporia. But the right
stuff was in him, and his rise from the
humblest position in the railroad ranks
to one of the very highest has been
rapid ar certain. He has the well
earned reputation of beng one of the
most capable of the railway executives
in the whole United States, and there
fore in I world. For many years
the Rock Island, a railroad system
with wonderful possibilities, was little
else than a football for stockholders
and Wall street manipulators. Natur
ally it began to fall into decay. Its
owners finally awoke to a realization
of the fact that their property would
soon be little better than worthless if a
change was not made. And when the
details of this change were perfected,
Mr.. Nudge was asked to lead the way
in working out the necessary reforms.
To ascertain how well he has done
this work, it is merely necessary to
turn to the financial statements of the
company for the last few quarters and
compare them with the similar state
ments of the quarters of a few years
ago. The change for the better is
actually startling.
In bringing about these remarkable
changes Mr.. Nudge has had able as
sistance from the other high officials
of the road who were with him in
Topeka yesterday. They are all re-
suit getters in the different lines of
railroad management. And under
their supervision the Rock Island has
rapidly taken it's place among the sue
cessful big railroad systems of the
country. The continued progress and
development of the Rock Island means
much to Topeka an dKansas, and if
t. Rock Island officials were obsessed
with the idea that they would get any
thing but a square deal in this city or
state it must have been dissipated by
the enthusiastic reception which was
accorded them on their visit to To-
Deka
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QUAKER MEDIrA1IoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

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Some fellows haven't enough push to
master a wheelbarrow.
The suburbanite knows his station in
life, but sometimes he is carried be-
yond il.
Being minus the price of haircut
isn't the only thing that makes a boz
hen1ian.
It doesn't do much good to build
castles in the air unless you own an
aeroplane.
When a fellow is all broken up over
a girl it doesn't take her very long to
break him.
Marriage means little more to many
a girl than an opportunity to wear her
husbands neckties.
A woman shouldn't complain that her
husband is close when she never lets
him out of her sight.
The barber may have a poor memory
for names, but he can generally re-
member his customers mugs.
How can We remedy the divorce
evil?'' asked the Misunderstanding
man in the white tie. by fewer mar
riages," promptly replied the coarse
looking person.
Love me, love my dog" giggled the
sweet young thing of some so summers.
Really, Madam. L have nothing against
your dog replied the savage old bach
elor.
Mrs. Subbubs-''Walze up, John; I'm
sure there Is a burglar in the house. %
Mr.. Subbubs-"Calm yourself, my dear
don't think the cook has retired yet,
and we are pretty sure to find a police
man in the kitchen"
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has been denied the right to speak
in many places. Halls have been re-
fused her. She has even been arrested
and told to move on. 1T is this unnec-
essary and unca1led for badgering on
the part of public authorities that has
given Emma Goldman the notoriety
which has made her almost a world
wide figure. Had she. been permitted
to have had her say on all occasions
and in every place she cared to speak.
It is likely that she would have passed
from the public view long ago. For
there is nothing in her message tnat
appeals to men and women blessed
with sound and sober sense.
Her ideals might possibly be realiz-
ed on some earth that was inhabited
by divinities. But on this mundane
sphere where the superior beings are
merely human, it is out of the question
that each atom of humanity shall be
a law unto itself. The frailties OF
human nature are too many and divers
for any such conditions to prevail.
Governments there must be- Society
must be regulated and controlled by
laws and ordinances that will bring
about the greatest good for the great
est number. Were this not done chaos
would be king. Its reign would be
ruin.
Conditions are far from being per-
feet in the government of these
United States or any of its several
divisions They are worse in varying
degrees in other lands and nations
But all over the world, and especially
in the Americas the conditions in the
administration of the affairs of men
are improving. Steps ahead are being
firmly taken. The ideal government
among the humans and their relations
one to the other, are not to be found
in the fancies preached by Emma
Goldman but in a government 'of all
the people, by all the people. for all
the people" Such a condition is pos
sible of realization, and the striving
for it nowadays is incessant and earn
est.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
Buffalo Bill. sufrgrist,

If Col. William F. Cody, Buffalo
BILL" doesn't get an invitation to oc-
cupy a whole float in the forthcoming
Woman Suffrage parade 1t will. be bad
management, for he declared himself
an out and out "suffragist" And he
goes way back to his first knicker-
bockers to show why.
I'd like to know" said he, "of any
boy tother side of a plain idiot who
didn't go to his mother with all his
! troubles and who didn't take her say
as settling the matter for good and all.
| II have lived for well on to the
ed II l don't think that same mother,
II she were living, would have a better
right to the ballot than most of the
men know. I believe all the wives.
sisters, and sweethearts of our coun-
try have just as good right to the
ballot-a long sight better than one
half of these half-baked citizens that
come in through the open door of inn
migration and without anything but
acquired Americanisms, which they get
in three years"
The colonel had just opened his mail
at the Hoffman House, and had in his
hand big punches of press clippings
commenting upon his possibility of be-
coming a United States senator from
the State-to-be Arizona
"But, see here,'' he said, 81 amt
running for senator. I simply feel
very proud that some of the good citi-
zens Of old Arizona look upon me as a
fitting candidate. Now, there is some
class to that compliment, isn't there?
Not that won't believe that there are
many mighty deserving men who have
always lived in Arizona-good. big
minded men who have grown up with
the territory, that could serve in the
post as well and better than I. but 1
can't help but be little pleased at the
thought Of representing frontier state
which have known as a scout in In
dian warfare for so years. and seen
grow up before my eyes"
Speaking of frontiers. what do you
think of Taft's action in ordering
troops down to the Mexican border ?"
the colonel was asked.
'I think the president knows his
business" he replied. you know
wherever war is brewing there are
always to be found outlaws guerrillas
lurking around, first making trouble
on one side and then on the other.
These fellows have been infesting the
| American and Mexican border. and
why shouldn't Taft take action? Amer
| lean troops were sent out to New Mex
ice during the Indian uprisings, and 1t
seemed to me this condition is no less
serious These outlaws are retarding
| civilization in New Mexico and Arizona
! Just at a time when, because of their
nearness to statehood. immigration is
| tending that way.'-New York Ameri-
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to find a secluded corner where she
might have her cry out. was Isabers
purpose now
And as she hurried along she no
uced step behind her, distinctive in
all the crowded confusion. Powerless
10 resist an imperative impulse. she
turned about, to face-A1ex Holt!
he stopped abruptly as she paused,
and then sprang toward her. Cap
turing both her hands, he gazed down
into her tremulous, tear-wet eyes, and
read her very soul. He did not speak.
AS he put his hand on her arm to
lead her away he only laughed softly,
shuckle of half-creduIous gladness.
Neither spoke.
Alex hailed carriage. put her in
and took a seat by her side.
Why didn't you go. Alex?" she
asked, looking up to the face of the
young man. bent close to hers.
Didn't have any ticket" he ex-
planned with humorous brevity.
Didn't have your ticketi-then you
You were not intending to go? You
planned 1t all-oh, Alexi'
For answer he put his arm about
her.-(Copyrighted, 1911, by Associ-
aIed Literary PreSS.l.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the chicago News

From cough to coffin-the cigarette.
It's a poor aeroplane that Is unable
to show up-
And the face of the homely girl may
be her best chaperon.
Girls are fond of compliments-mixed
with ice cream soda.
Men may be brighter than they look.
but they seldom look it.
Some of the muck-rakers are sore
because they aren't in on the deal
Our idea of a martyr is a man who
lives up to his wife's expectations.
A young man never cultiVates a
platonie affection for a girl If she has
money.
Big ears are a sign of generosity.
Anyway, nature was generous to the
owner thereof.
When we hear some people talk we
wonder how it is possible for them to
change their minds.
1t sometimes happens that a spinster
isn't satisfied with looking younger
than she is; she wants to act younger
than she looks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
HU9OR OF TIE Day


BII-This paper says an effort is be-
ing made in France to form a great So
ciety for the protection of the big game
of the world. Jill-We1l. the big game
is all right. What we want In a society
for the protection of the umpires.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
81 hear your three daughters have be-
come engaged this summer" Well, not
precisely. 1t Is only the youngest, but
she has been engaged three times
Meggendorfer Blaetter.
you will admit" said the Baconian,
"that. Shakespeare's autographs prove
him to have been very slow, laborious
wrfter?'' Perhaps" replied Mr.. Storm
ington Barnes, but nay private opinion Il
that he developed that tedious and trem-
ulous style to discourage people who
wanted him to write sses."--Washing-
ton Star.
Mrs. Gnaggs-You know well you were
perfectly crazy to marry me- Mr..
Gnaggs-I admit It, my dear; but 1t was
merely case of temporary insanity
Philadelphia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
NYHAWKER JOTS

Uncle ST tells the readers of the OF
tawa Republic that "cowardice is re-
sponsibIe for a lot of tn honesty folks
pirate about"
Inasmuch as there is seldom any,
thing in a name, it is likely that Miss
Lula Brunette of Ames Cloud coun-
ty, is blonde.
The Minneapolis Messenger has dis
covered that some people who speak
English f1uently find it hard to pro-
nounce thank you
Miss Anna Carlson. of the Jindsborg
News, is authority for the statement
that keeping q woman'6 nose down on
the grindstone usually sharpens her
tongue"
A Holton family has a new set of
silver spoons, reports the Signal 1t
only took seventy cents and the wrap
pers OF of seven dollars worth of
oranges.
A back to the farm reason from the
Eskridge Tribune-Star: A man with a
large family can live better on the
farm. where money grows, than in the
city, where money goes.
A little temperance lecture from the
Spring Hill New Era: One swallow
doesn't make a summer, but some of
our young men should remember that
too many swallows are certain to make
fall.
1t is the idea of the Atchison Cham
pion that a good loser is man who gets
beat and thanks his opponent for the
favor. And the Champion hastens to
add: (which proves our contention
that the human race never grew
genuinely good loser"
Another fine theory blasted by the
Troy Chief: There is a belief that a
fat hog in swimming will cut his
throat with its front feet, but we know
of several fat hogs who have been in
the swim for years that have never cut
their Threats and ashow no sign Of do
ing SO.
A live grasshopper will eat a dead
grasshopper, and the Anthony Bulletin
tells of farmer who mixed Paris
green and bran together and let a
grasshopper eat it. It died and twenty
grasshoppers ate it up, and they died,
Four hundred ate those twenty and
they died. Eight thousand ate those
four hundred and they died. A hundred
and sixty thousand ate those eight
thousand and died, and the farmer was
troubled no more.
A remarkable instance of the eff
fectiveness of advertising occurred the
other day, says the Leroy Reporter.
While on his way to this office the
writer met Postmaster Abbott who in
formed him that he had lost his bunch
of keys and wanted them advertised.
Before we could even write out the
ad Mr.. Abbott put his left hand into
his trousers pocket and there found
the lost keys The lesson is obvious.
| There is a secret charm about adver-
Using that nobody can account for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IRON the Atchison Globe.]
Your health will fail If you fail to
take care of it.
You probably expect too much from
labor-saving machinery
Some men put too much confidence
in a confidential secretary.
The wife of the henpecked man is
good deal more than half, better or
worse.
Money paid for Influence" doesn't
yield very large returns on the
amount invested.
1t is seldom one sees the picture of
a princess without wondering what
makes royalty so ugly.
Even II staying up late at night
doesn't hurt you, it is very seldom
worth the time It takes.
Women say that a mans heart that
can be reached only through his stom-
ach isn't worth reaching.
If you are too early, you are apt to
arouse suspicion that you shirked
something before you started.
In time, one learns there are a
number Of Frenchmen who do not
wear their mustaches that way.
An Atchison woman, VIII burned a
poached egg, is entitled to some dis
tinction in the bum cooking contest.
You can't make art out of chewing
tobacco, regardless of the efforts of
come to decorate their neckties with
it.
Man is such a conceited animal
that he never believes his steady
wishes he would go home so she could
get a little sleep
While poison may be needlessIy cruel
some punishment should be provided
for the dog that will eat weinerwurst
If a boy could have his way, he
would devote a lot of time to the at
tentfon and good grub commissioners
When a man talks a good deal
about the pull together spirit he
generally wants all the pulling done in
his interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
THE PATH OF Duty.

1t Is not pleasant to record the truth
that there are mothers who have sac
r1hced motherhood to worldly ambition.
ana the most unhappy women on earth
are those who have set aside filial ties
In order to live lives of social frivolity
and the time comes to all such, when
the bloom of youth forsakes the cheek.
and the fire of yout- dies out of the
eye. Such often turn to their homes
for sympathy and love, only to find that
they too have vanished with their per-
sonal charms. and when it is too late
the sad truth dawnsS upon them that
they are unhonored and unloved The
path OF duty. is the only safe path, let
to be ever so thorny, and the only safe
guide board points to the home.-Spring
Hill New Era
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
nne.Ie sam,s Mace Mabblx.

The siiver-headed mace which rep
resents the majesty of the United
States government, and which is
brought into the House of Representa-
tives each morning and placed beside
the Speakers desk, has been ordered
to the silversmith's for repairs. The
eagle which surmounts the sphere is
getting wabbly on his pins
The mace resembles the fasces car
ried by the Roman lictors. 1t is made
of ebony rods. enwrapped with silver
ribands, and the top is globe of sill
yer. topped with a spread eagle of the
same metal. The mace was made IN
1s40.-Washingto Dispatch to New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

What is pleasure for one man is like
ly to be pain for another.
= \ 4
The crab is the only living thing that
gets there by going backward.
x
The people who are cheerful all the
time are mighty fine actors.
4 y
Any number of individuals would
achieve larger successes If they tried
for them.
The multitude undoubtedly gets great
consolation out of the fact that beauty
is only skin deep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
CFrom the New York Press

CFrom the New York Press.
The hardest habit to acquire is hav-
ing money.
The baby seems to grow more and
more like its father every day 1t does
not.
If a woman is displeased with a
mans fattery it's because there isn't
more of 1t.
The more anybody could improve on
his own morals, the more he would
think IL was somebody else's turn.
A man could make all the money
in the world by inyenting for women
a Iookingglass that would show only
good figures.
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A LAMENT FOR YOUTH.

From the forests of the night,
From the palace of the day,
He hath winged a distant fight;
No more looms he on our sight,
No more bows he to our sway.
He was cunning in the mart,
He was might with the sword,
He was skilled in every art.
Like a king he dwelt apart,
And we fathomed not his word.
Weep for him, each denizen
OF the valley and the hill,
OF the forest and the FEM
For he cometh not again
To our glory or our i'll.
Wake the echo of the Tyre
And the melody of song
With full and tragic fire.
For our yearning shall not tire
TIL it mourneth sweet and long.
Till the weary deserts verge
And the shaggy mountains head
And the quiet-crooning surge
Hear, and answer to the dirge
OF our Youth that now is dead.
r. 7. Chandler in the Westminster.
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NO EXCUSE FOR BAD ROADS.

Fifty years ago there was some ex-
cuse for bad roads, for the country
was poor. Now it is rich there is
no excuse for it. A good road is al
ways to be desired and is a source of
comfort and convenience to every
traveller Good roads attract popula-
ton as well as good schools and
churches. Good roads improve the
value of property so that it is said
that a farm lying five miles from mar
ket connected by a bad road, is of
less value than an equally good farm
connected by good road. A larger
load can be drawn by one horse over
good road than by two over bad
one..-Spring Hill New Era.
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KANSAS COEAENT
PEARY UNHoNoRED AND UNsUNG

no man ever made anything by
peins vicious and mean and egotisti-
cal Last week the newspapers mere
y nentioned In an obscure way that
Robert E. Peary had been commits
sloneo civil engineer in the navy
with the rank of rear admiral on the
retired list" that being in the form of
recognition for discovering the north
poIe. Under ordinary conditions an
announcement of that kind would
have been cause for great denonstra-
tion among American people, who are
always somewhat extravagant in their
worship of popular heroes. But
American people demand that its he
roes be fair and decent and dignified.
Feary seemed not to have a passing
acquaintance with anv of these virtues.
wherefore not ripple was caused by
MS advancement. probably deserved.
County Journal.
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President Taft has given emphatic
denial to the latest report from the
City Of Mexico that a proposed treaty
between the Diaz government and
Japan was responsible for the move
ment of the U. S. troops to the Mex
lean border. SO persistent have been
these reports, it is probable that Con-
gresham Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson has a trusted emissary in the
Mexican capital