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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
ONE METHOD OF LEGIs1ATTNG.

Tn one of the newspaper stories tell
ing about the passage ofthe public ut1l-
tiles bill in the senate this statement
was made: MANY of the standpats
voted for the bill believing that the
supreme court will kick the props
from under the entire act
This is a practice that has been IN
dulged on various occasions IN otner
sessions of the Kansas legislature
Nor is it foreign to legislative activity
in other states. And the suggestion
has been made that similar action mas
been taken in congress. But because
the practice has been more or less
general. there is certainly nothing in
II that is worthy of being commended
It is the favorite trick of clever and
CRAFTY lawyers to nullify the purposes
of legislation They may be opposed
tn the general principles of a measure
bu+ find themselves in an almost hope
less minority. Then they scheme
around and get an involved amend
nent or two in the bill, amendments
that will destroy the aims of the legis-
lation. Like as not, they will turn
around and vote favorably on the
final passage of the measure, particu-
larly if it is one that is popular with
the people. In this way they go on
record as favoring it.
No sooner is such a law put in OPP
Grafton than it is taken to the courts
and the court of last resort finds 1t
necessary to declare either the whole
measure unconstitutional, or to Vltlate
it's most important sections because
they are at variance with the funda-
mental law of the state. And then
the court is assailed for undoing an
act of the legislature. Some people
shout that the whole system of pro-
cedure in this country which permits
the supreme court Of the United
States to pass on acts of congress,
and the supreme court of states to
pass on legislative acts, is faulty. 1t
is likely to be the case that some of
the men who appear to be most
wrathy over such judicial action
would have been terribly disappointed
if it had not been taken. And they
may have been responsible for help
ing to frame the legislation in such a
way that the courts could do nothing
else than break it down.
Such a system of legisIating is all
that it should not be. It is anything
but fair to the courts. A measure
should be considered in the legislature
strictly on it's merits. If there is a
majority in the legislature in favor OF
it, they should see to it that no amend
ments are permitted to creep in as to
whose constitutionality there is the
slightest question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

strong personality EMBODIED. her ano
shut her in away from the rest OF
mankind. He brought her books 70
read, and even her thoughts WeLe
colored by suggestive phrases tha'
gave pause for reflection
Have you been painting every day
and all day long?"
ST have done nothing but think;
After your picture was finished !
sank into the slough of despono,
partly physical, I think: 1t always
comes after hard work But TINS
time it put me into an utterly abject
frame Of mind. I questioned whether
there were any virtue in me. / won
dered if I had emotions, not feelings,
if were an artist. not man. Ano
I thought of you morning, noon ana
night. You see, I have really though.
of nothing else since I first saw you.
loved you then. You knew 1t, didn't
your
NO" Marguerite said quietly.
'It must have been because you
doubted the depth of my feeling, not
its intensity. And so 1 stayed away
to find myself, and day after day
could find nothing but you. You are
everything that there is in the worlo
to me-"
He rose and moved toward her.
She stood up, with a sudden impulse
toward flight. He took her hands
and drew her toward him.
II am afraid of you she said, her
eyes dark and her heart beating
wildly.
And am desperately afraid of
you" he answered, "but love casts
out fear" and he held her gently and
tenderly until there was only love be-
tween them.-(Copyrighte 1911 by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
QUAKER fluctuations.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record
Two souls with but a single thought
generally want to double up.
A fellow never suffers from ennui
till he gets tried doing nothing.
Every church has a nave. but I'M
fortunately it isn't always spelled that
way.
Some fellows can't raise the wind
sufficiently to blow the froth from a
glass of beer.
No. Maude, dear; there is no sim
ilarity between a clearing house and
filtration plant.
OF two evils a man is apt to choose
the least, if it happens to be the one
he hasn't tried before
Nell-"I suppose he proposed to
YOU on his knees %" Belle-"The very
ideal I never sat on his knees in my
life.'
SILENCE is golden" quoted the man
who has passion for trite observa-
tons. ct ought to be- growled the
practical politician. at costs enough"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

the same variety of corn. grown under
similar conditions, will show a differ
ence in yield of forty bushels an acre.
similar differences with respect to
the yield of the other farm crops have
been just as frequently noted.
las yet there are no half dozen
standard varieties of staple farm crops
that are widely adapted and possess
the superior merit that the standard
beef and dairy strains of cattle possess
for their particular uses.
Upon reflection. it is to be expected
that this would be true, for our live
stock has been improved for more than
a hundred years. and our farm crops
scarcely ten years"
The problem, then. is how to seize
upon these high producing strains and
fix them into varieties that will trans
NIT their producing qualities. But it
has already been found that farm
crops do not have the wide climatic
adaptation that improved live stock
have, and it will be necessary, before
success is reached, to find strains espe-
cially adapted to the different soil
types and the different conditions of
rainfall, temperature, sunlight, etc.
When strains possessing peculiar
adaptation to a particular area are
found, it Will be the business of the
state and OF those interested in the
public welfare to encourage the most
general use Of such strains within that
area.
For example, the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college has produced and sold
to the farmer, within the last four
years, more than IL, 200 bushels of pedi-
greed seed Of Kharkof wheat, q variety
that has proved to be an excellent pro-
Queer in the hard winter wheat region
of Kansas, as we'll as one of the very
best of the milling sorts. This wheat
has proved so profitable that the farm
ers who bought seed from the college
have. through the cooperation of the
college, sold their output as seed, I'M
til a conservative estimate shows that
over two millions acres, or nearly one
third Of the total area of wheat of the
state, was sown to this variety last
fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many grown-ups have even more
curiosity than have the children.
\ X
Even the people who like to be
waited on best never get enthusiastic
over being served with subpoenas
x
After all, attending to other peoples
business must be profitable, so many
folk devote all their time to it.
y
Most Of the powers-that-be in poll
tics are not among the men who talk
the loudest and the longest.
\
Way down in every mans heart
there's longing for an opportunity
to come his way that will give him a
chance to shine as a hero.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
.HYHAWKER .JOTS

when an engaged couple argue,
they call it a discussion" says the So
ciety reporter of the Hiawatha World.
Here's the way Charlie BIakesley
puts it: The state agricultural college
now teaches table manners as stable
manners.
Time is the only thing that flies,
says the Marysville News, and is per-
fectly safe in doing the spiral dip and
the fadeaway glide.
According to the Hiawatha World,
one Of the new songs floating around
its neighborhood is entitled: do mar
ried men make the best husbands?''
Speaking of engraving the Lords
prayer on pinhead, the Indepen-
dence Evening Star remarks: Many a
pinhead has had the Lords prayer en-
graved on his memory, and it did pre-
cious little good.
John Macdonald uses the columns of
the Western School Journal to tell this
true story: "The principal of a vii
lage school in Kansas one morning or
afternoon detected a boy cutting the
letters of his name in the desk in front
Of him. AS the novels would put it. the
principal rushed to the spot, angrily
put forth his hand intending to grasp
the boy by the collar, when 10! and
also behold! close by the newly formed
letters were the initials of the princl-
pals own name cut by himself when
he was pupil in the same school. His
grasp upon the boys collar unloosened
itself, and he returned to his desk a
sadder and a wiser teacher. That
, principal is today Judge of an impor-
tant court in one Of the greatest cities
in the world. We often wonder
whether or not in the administration
of justice the judge ever thinks of the
incident in the village schoolr'
DR.. Crank of Hill City is a very
nr3 cffoa1 man 90cOrdinor RI bo Pan11h-
lican. It says: There are men who
just talk, and theUe are men who do
things. One of the latter is Dr.. N.
Crank, one of the Oldest settlers in
Graham county. He built up one of
the incest farm homes in the county,
and then sold it for the best price ever
paid for farm in this vicinity. And
in retiring from the farm at a ripe old
| age he did not chase off after false
gods, but moved into town and COM
menced the erection of a fine city
| home His residence in the east part
| of town is not the largest in town, but
! it is a model and equipped with every
modern convenience. And best part of
| his efforts is yet to tell. He purchased
| five acres of A. B. Pipes, east of his
residence, has plowed it up and is now
| enriching it. On high point in the
middle of the plot he is constructing a
reservoir. so by so feet, which will be
surrounded by a cement wall 6 feet
high, and the bottom covered with a
layer of cement. At one side of the
reservoir he has a fine wei, equipped
| with a pump and gasoline engine, over
| which he is building a pumphouse 16
by 20. Mr.. Crank's purpose is to irri-
gate all that his engine and tank will
| cover and raise garden sass for the
city. The faith and enterprise of such
men as Mr.. Crank do more to demon-
strate the possibilities and opportuni-
ties of our county than tons of high
| sounding literature. We hail this
worthy citizen as a. public benefactor.' .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
HUlNOR or THE Day

The retort Courteous-They were
ancient enemies, and each had said that
the deepest dye. They met one afternoon
on muddy. country road. and. if either
stepped aside for the other, he would
shoe tops. one of them stood stock still.
and said sternly: Il never step aside for
walking into the mud; IT always do."-
Popular Magazine.
go past. There goes Mr.. W." she said.
Il wouldn't speak to him for anything.
talked awful to u.s. why, Marie, what
did he. say?" asked the hostess. "oh.
He talked just awful! He scolded us ike
mother Success Magazine.
ister straight through the fish course,
Adeline inquired: Mamma, why is it that
She IS by the is
family. and stayed hushed until the salad
c WAS brought in Then The a she saw her
he uses his jaw more'n he does his head"
Success Magazine.
Not Much.-Critic-Are YOU going to let
that young actor follow his natural bent?
Stage Manager-Not much ami He's got
to play straight part.-Baltimore Amer
| lean.
Timing the Eggs-B ridget-Plase, mum,
will We lind me yer watch fer ter bile
Their eggs? Mistress-Why, Bridget, you
have a clock in the kitchen, haven't you?
Bridget-Yis. mum; but the clock is slow.
mum.-Lppincott's.
OF his Cambridge days a dignitary of
the Church Of England tells this story:
He always wore a white tie, and when he
got his Fellowship. full of pride, he went
to call upon the master of his college. He
rang the bell. the door was opened and
he was abont to present his card, when
the footman, who had run his eye over
him, said: You're too late, young man.
got the place acknowledgements.
discoursing on matrimony. You say that
no man ought to marry a woman who is
fat or thin, tall or short, large or small"
we said. Then in your opinion the only
sort of woman one ought to marry Is one
who is of medium size?' Mercy, said
got herr'-Lippincott's
He burst in on the editor like an explos-
ion. why didn't we have story of the
fire?' he asked. The new editor looked
calmly through his spectacles and replied:
about it? Everybody in town was there
to see the whole thing for Themselves
Argonaut.
Real Economy.-A New England mother
had come upon her S-year-old son enjoy
ing feast whereof the components were
jam. butter and bread. Son said the
travagant to eat butter with that fine
jam?" mo, ma am" was the response:
TITS economical; the same piece of bread
does for both.'-Lippincotts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison GIobe.]

IFrom the Atchison GIebe.]
Some men have no bad habits, and
not much of anything else.
A woman sharpens pencil as awk-
wardly as a man threads a needle.
Fewer words, fewer blunders. This
holds good in both busin ess and poll
tics.
Some women can say II don't care!"
in a tone that plainly indicates they
care a great deal.
In every town there are some women
whom. grocery clerks dread to see como
in the store.
Considering its much advertised
modesty, the first violet attracts
good deal of attention.
An Atchison woman's proud boast is
that she never chances in when passing
a barber shop.
A man who can drive eight horses
in one team, naturally feels pretty
proud of the achievement.
Women never run out of something
to talk about; probably for the reason
that they dom need much.
Ever know a disagreeable old man
who always begun the day by COM
planning about the weather?
People are such good detectives that
there isn't much difference between
character and reputation.
NO DEd4Cu l140 WAS ever SO 6XCeueht
that it failed to get the contempt OF
people living on the main stem.
Although a good many men are
charged with perjury. very few are
convicted. What does that prove?
The man who CANDLES. plays craps
or the board of trade. is always tell
ing his friends how unlucky he is.
In a small country town, aristocracy
is usually judged by the class of peo-
pie who stop at a two dollar a day
hotel.
1t is considered indelicate to say to
a widow, still in weeds, that you
have heard she is to be married
again.
An Atchison man is taking a cor
respondence course in detective work.
In America educational facilities are
peerless.
When a woman has only few ad-
jectives, she makes them work hard
enough to make up for the lack OF
numbers.
Women have no monopoly on cur
fosity, as you can find out by keeping
q secret from man after he gets a
Dark Hint.
When man with plenty of curly
hair says he wishes said hair was
straight, that is his way of trying not
to be proud of his crown of glory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.1

CF'rom the New York Press.1
A hot temper chills warm friend
ships.
Even a mean man can despise it in
others.
Lawyers have such bad names they
just naturally drift into public life.
Sometimes boy does pretty well by
taking after his grandfather instead of
his father.
Public dinners wouldn't be much
more worth while than they are even X
there weren't the headaches afterward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

During the year 1909 something like
S6,44S,000 hogs were killed in the United
States. Eliminating the several, mil
lions Of people in this country who re-
fuse to eat pork, this makes about a
hog a piece for the pork eaters. It's Il
truth that not many people have the
faintest idea Of the quantity of stuff
they eat in a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

Now that the United States has de-
cided to build the two largest battle
ships that have ever been put together,
the naval constructors of England,
Germany, France and Japan will like
" work overtime preparing plans for
the construction of dreadnoughts
which will make these new American
warships look like rowboats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

The Oregon plan of nominating SEN
ators has received a severe jolt in
Iowa, when after passing both houses
of the legislature it has been vetoed
by the governor on the ground that it
is unconstitutional. The constitution is
& great institution to fall back upon
when It is desired to obstruct progress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

In handing down a decision to the
effect that only money and not ad-
vertising can be accepted by inter-
state railroads In payment of trans
poration, the supreme court of the
United States seems to be several laps
behind the times. begging its pardon.
That condition has prevailed in these
parts for such lengthy period that
memory runneth not to the contrary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

Six Of the eight candidates for the
mayoralty Of Chicago have already
spent in the aggregate about $4,000 for
campaign expenses, and the end Of the
campaign is yet some distance away.
Being mayor of Chicago must be a
lucrative job. Or maybe it's the honor
of the thing that counts for so much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

In making the statement that Kan
sas will give its next electoral vote to
President Taft, Senator Curtis had evil
IDENTIFY not consulted with Henry Allen.
But, then, maybe Mr.. Allen has chang
ed his views on this subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

If the Kansas legislature adjourns
on March 8 in accord with the resolu-
ton to that effect which has passed the
house, it is safe to prophesy that the
important things left undone will out
number those done in the ratio of
three to one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

It is, indeed, long road without a
turn. A Mexican bull fighter of great
repute actually got the worst of it the
other day when he was putting on his
stunt in Spain with one such animal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

Evidently the reorganization of the
Topeka school board was not in vain.
For the first time in many moons. To-
peka school warrants are no longer
stamped mot paid for want of funds"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

President Taft has warned congress
that he will call an extra session if
the reciprocity measure fails of pas
sage between now and March 4. Now
the Democrats have retaliated by
making it known that if congress be
reassembled they Will rip up the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. We shall see
what we shall see
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

Representative Morris Sheppard of
Texas is a gentleman of unusual dis
cernment. His Characterization of Col
onel Roosevelt as the human seidlitz
powder is worthy of distinguishing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

Strange things continue to happen.
Senators Bristow and Curtis are agreed
in opposition to the proposed increase
in the postal rates on magazine adver-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

China really seems to be having
more hard luck than usual. Not only
he's she famine and plague to fight at
home, but the armies Of the czar are
threatening to invade her frontiers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
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, 1911-02-23

If King George of England has any
more Ievees to give, any number Of
Kansas towns that are built along
cratic creeks could find good use for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

Philadelphia is not so slow after all.
It has discovered that dyed fish is be-
ing sold within it's midst for the
smoked variety. Still. both varieties
are inclined to be dead fish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

The suit to break the will of the late
Mrs. Eddy appears to be progressing
favorably-for the lawyers. More of
them are being hired every, day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

If Jack London has been wounded
as a result of his participation IN the
Mexican revolution, it must be a
wound of the seIf-inficted variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
FpoM OFFER PENS
FRANCE.

Price Collier, an American long a
resident of England, who attracted
some attention a year or two ago by
a critical book about that country, has
this to say in Scribner's concerning
France:
The world wonders at the decadence
of schoolridden France, where the
boys are effeminatized, the youth seou-
larized and the men sterilized morally
and periodically; France with its po-
lice without power, its army without
patriotism and its people without in
Huence; d1Sorderly at home and cring-
ing abroad; a nation owing it's autono-
my, even, to the fact that it is service
able as buffer state.
1t is amazing to see such comment
written by an American for an Amer
lean magazine. It occurs in the course
of an article on England in India, and
it puts the extraordinary virtues of
England in opposition to the extraor-
binary vices of France. This opinion
thousand. Practically all who have
read much and thought much. hold
France in the highest esteem and still
regard her as a leader of civilization.
The achievement of the French re-
public in establishing itself so firmly
in the face of hostile Europe is one
of the greatest recorded in modern
times. France was never richer,
stronger, happier than now. She holds
the purse of the world. She has en-
joyed for more than century liber-
ties which Englishmen might envy,
but have not shared.-New York
World.
SANITATION IN PANAMA.
All the world is aware. in a general
way, that sanitary conditions in the
Panama canal zone have been vastly
improved since American methods ap-
piled by Americans, were introduced
in that region. Indeed, it is quite gen.
orally understood that the former con-
ditions down that way could not prop
erly be designated as sanitary at all.
From time to time have come reports,
official and otherwise, of the advance
ment that has been made, and the
public has been kept fairly well in
formed in that respect. Many there
are who have not forgotten the wag-
giSh and rather unkind intimatiOn of
| a few years ago that the first health
officers who went from the United
States to take up the work of SANTA
ton in Panama anchored their ship at
| a very safe distance from the shore
and-remained on board the ship.
There is no occasion for staying out
side the three-mile limit now for fear
of encountering pestilence. The
mortality rate among residents of the
canal zone shows a definite reduction
from year to year. A correspondent of
| the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal states that in 1904, when the
population was small, there was a
death rate per 1000 of Is; the fol-
lowing year a somewhat higher rate,
about IS per !, 1000, and in 1908 it had
dropped to "a per thousand; last year,
I22 per 1000. corresponding favorably
with the mortality in any OF the large
American cities-Manchester Union