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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13

the railways on the average haul
only 81 passengers per train when the
average train has a capacity of at
least $50 passengers is that the pub
lie demands, and properly, that it be
given frequent and regular service,
and frequent and regular service is
incompatible with the maximum load
ing of trains.
Nov, when the public insists on a
kind of transportation which is incom-
patible with the most economical OPP
Grafton no one can justly criticise the
railway managers for complying with
the pubIic's demand and for that
reason failing to operate the proper
ties with the maximum possible econ
oTny. If the railway managers oper-
ate the properties, not with the maxi
mum economy that might be possible
under certain conceivable conditions,
but with the maximum economy that
is practicable under the actual con-
ditions with which they have to deal,
they do all that they reasonably can
be asked to do. / think that the rail-
way managers of the United States
are approximately much closer to the
maximum practicable efficiency and
economy of operation than most peo-
pie believe"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
NYHAWKER JOTy

Industry is a fine thing but it should
be properly directed" advises the Sedg-
wick Paragraph. ANY old hen can
scratch up garden"
Don't go in swimming when you
have the measles. A young man,
twenty years old, tried 1t at Sylvan
Grove the other afternoon and he died
before midnight.
Only three and one-half weeks left to
prepare for the Fourth, says the Har-
veyville Monitor. And it graciously neg
lected to add: Do your Fourth of July
shopping early.
Why go to the trouble OF swatting
flies? The Alta Vista Journal is auth
ority for the statement that white clo-
yer blossoms placed in the house will
keep out the flies.
A social conversation between two
ladies with the usual number of those
long hat pins makes the observer think
of one of Shakespeare's rapier duels,
says a Kansas editor.
One of the Pratt Sunday school teach
ers, reports the Union, asked one Of her
little girl pupils to tell her the mean
ing of faith, and the youngster re-
piled: It's believing what you know
isn't So"
SAYS the Home Circle editor of the
never praises his wife deserves a poor
one. And the man who praises a good
wife more than she deserves hasn't
been born yet.
Considering everything in connection
Herewith and everybody who goes fish
ing, remarks the Marquette Tribune.
the average cost of edible fish taken
from the river will exceed one dollar
each. Talk about meat being expen-
sivei
Laying on hands for complaints.
especially in children, is now taking
the place of Christian Science, says the
Ellinwood Leader. A mother cured her
bow of the cigarette habit with one
dose. She laid her left hand on the
boys neck. her right hand on one
substantial slipper and laid the slipper
where it would do the most good. It
effected a cure and a relapse is not
looked for.
Everybody should be willing to per-
NIT the items in this column to pass
without considering them to be per
sonal said the Pratt Union in its
'sAbout Town column in its current
issue, and the following item in the
column read as follows: A man and
his mother-in-law (what do you think
of that have been going over on the
river southwest Of the city at stated
intervals for several months. He goes
horseback and she goes in a buggy
When they meet about mile or q
little over UP the river In secluded
spot both enjoy the buggy. The good
people over there have been much an
moved nv their actions, but endured it
in silence till last Friday morning when
a young girl happened suddenly to
come upon them and was much fright
ened by their conduct. This is to give
them notice that they must hunt some
other rendezvous or suffer the conse-
C11ences- an do not be>offended at the
renorter unless they want to get mad
about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
A GREAT Week AHEAD.

Topeka's opportunity of a life time
to distinguish herself at home and
abroad comes during the week begin
ming September 10. On Monday, the
18th, the great state fair will open It's
gates. 1t is already a foregone con
clusion that this will be the largest
and most comprehensive agriculture.
exposition that has ever been staged
in Kansas. 1t will be displayed, too. in
new and modern buildings. without
doubt the finest fair equipment in the
state.
But this week will also be notable
because of the fact that it will mark
the fftieth anniversary of the admis-
sion of Kansas as a state. And definite
decision has been reached by the Com
mercial club and it's allied bodies to
take cognizance OF the occasion with
a celebration that will be worth while.
1t is planned to make this celebration
of statewide proportions, and that is no
more than right as Topeka is the capt.
tai city of the state, and the logical
place for the holding of such a celebra-
ton. A real carnival with a parade
of floats is to be an incident to this
celebration. It is to be In the nature
of the Priest of Pallas festivities that
are held in Kansas City each year and
which draws such crowds to that town.
1t has also been decided to make this
same week one Of those old-fashioned
Homecoming weeks" which are ir:-
tensely popular wherever they are held.
The numerous Topekans who have set
up theiI household gods in other lands
will be made especially welcome home
for a visit during this week. Enter
tninments out of the ordinary will be
arranged for them, and with the state
fair and the semi-centennia1 celebra-
ton under way, there will be no lack of
things to interest them, and make their
visit a most enjoyable and interesting
one.
And this Homecoming week" will
provide an excellent opportunity for
the people of the city generally to help
make it a success and make certain
the appearance of large number of
former Topekans. There are few IN
this class who have not either relatives
or intimate friends still living in the
city. Now II these friends and relatives
will go out of their way to write a
letter to these former Topekans, telling
them Of the big doings that are going
TO De on the DOdruS at topeka ourIIlE
the week beginning September 10, and
extending them hearty invitations to
come back to the old home for visit.
it is almost surety that many of erst-
while Topekans will take advantage
of the opportunity and occasion to
pass a few days here.
It is up to Topekans themselves to
make the week Of September 1915 the
biggest week in the history of the city.
Surely none of them is going to fail
to play his or her part in bringing this
about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.l

LFrom the Chicago News.1
Courage Is often the result of fear.
People who talk great deal have
few real friends.
When a man starts in to make money
he also makes enemies.
Don't judge a tree by its leaves. It is
the fruit that counts.
How giddy a man feels when he hears
Of a baby being named after himi
A mans idea of charitable woman is
one who doesn't hand him lemons.
Because others are worthless doesn't
indicate that you are worth more.
Only the brave may deserve the fair
but more often it's the rich who win
out.
When a man gets so low down that
even his dog forsalzes him he has reach
ed the bottom.
A coquette doesn't mean more than
half she says and a prude doesn't say
more than half she means.
A woman who tells friend she looks
well in an unbecoming hat will talk
about her behind her back.
But wher it gets to be all business
and no pleasure with man it's tire
for him to change his business.
Women have no monopoly on curics-
-ity. Many a man will work harder to
find out something of no benefit to him
than he win to pay his debts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13

That five per cent. commission was as
good as in her purse. She was an an
qualified success as a real estate SELL
er. And then Mr.. McLane showed her
a letter from the west three days old.
A part of 1t read:
THE big storm caused the lake to
cut through the point and make
channel 200 feet wide. The gale did
not leave fifty trees standing on the
whole tract. I know that the old
shark Stryker has been written to- and
you look out that he don't stick you!"
Miss Maggie laid down the letter
and then covered her face with her
hands and wept.
"Of course you didn't know" said
the young man kindly.
will you-you believe I didn't ?''
she asked.
'I am sure you didn't. Stryker was
trying to use you to swindle me. He
was afraid to come himself. That's
all fudge about a sick wife,"
And IL am an IDIOT" she said as
her tears came again.
'Oh, no. no. no! It was five per
cent. commission, you see. shall
be up your way In a day or two, and
may I call and talk 1t over with you p"
But where is there to talk about?
Stryker is villain and I'm-I'm-"
But yet when Mr.. McLane called
they found lots to talk about, and
mother and daughter were glad that
he came. Miss Maggie dropped real
estate and took up stenography again,
young man will make a railroad jour
ney of 40 miles every two weeks in
order to spend four hours in the COM
pany of young lady, it is to be con-
cluded that there is something doing,
and that Buffalo's next census will
show at least another happy home
Copyrighted, 1911, by Associated Lit
erary Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
Running the Lecture Market.

Mr.. Charles H. Sheriff.. minister to
the Argentine Republic, v no has been
in the United States telling business
organizations about the opportunities
to get wealthy from trade with South
America, received a call from a mid
dle-aged woman who approached him
in a Western city with the statement:
81 am going to assist you in your
work"
Yes" said Mr.. Sheriff..
81 am going to take some of these
lecture dates off your hands and give
them myself. By the way, how much
do you get night for them?"
Mr.. Sheriff. related with a directness
which carried conviction that he did
not get a red cent and paid his ex-
penSeS besides.
"Well," said the caller, in great an
ger, as she f1ounced to the door, st
thought you were a business man, but
it seems that you are only doing a
great injury to the lecture market in
this section. "-Washington dispatch to
the New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
Defend weather Bureau.

The cool spell that was predicted to
displace the reeord-breaking hot wave
in this section Saturday and Sunday
last lost its way in the Ohio Valley, and
the promised relief did not materialize.
This reminds US that the weather bu-
reau Is about to receive it's annual at
tack by Congress through a committee
of the House which is prodded by the
Pinchots, Garfelds, and others who
know nothing about the laws of
storms. To make a satisfactory
weather prediction for the public,
more or less guessing has to be done,
the same as falls to the lot of a master
mariner at sea with all sails set, when
heavy squall clouds appear. He short
ems sail to meet them. when often
times the squall is diverted from its
course and passes clear of the vessel,
while at other times it fails to produce
the amount of wind predicted. I'M
mediately thereafter an order comes
from the quarterback to replace the
short-end sails, and while doing this
the sailors are inwardly cursing the
"old man" for not being better
guesser. as the farmers are the wealth.
er bureau.
Did the chief of the weather bureau
or his manY and able assistants wait
until they could always make a per-
feet prediction of what the weather
was going to be, such would be of lit
tie service to those to whom it is so
valuable now, as they would know
nearly as much about it as the fore
caster, as II would not be forecast
but reality. Eighty per cent of the
weather bureaus reports are in the
main correct, which is wonderful ac-
curacy when considering that these
forecasts are made sometimes several
days in advance.
1t is the House committee on expen-
ditures in the Department df AgricuI-
ture that is to make this conversational
investigation. Its personnel consists of
two farmers, three lawyers, one school
teacher, and a stock raiser. With
these gentlemen's knowledge of mete-
orology it will be much less difficult
to predict what their report will be
than what the weather will be next
week. 1t is safe to assert that no nav
igator Joined the farmers in complaint
Of the, weather bureau service, as it
has been and is of too great value to
them to allow their finding fault with
its small percentage of errors.-Marine
Journal,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
THE MoTHER-LAND.

Since God to folks of six or seven
: Gave strength, with which no king
may strive,
Since half the sweetness under heaven
He gave to people under five.
We little knew what we were giving,
Methinks, when we gave play for strife
And for the land where we are living,
The country where we played at life.
Ger wooden trees and toy church steeple
Burns family each mans morning star,
o Motherland whose laughing people
The dearest of all people arei
To Death some fragment of thy stories
The beggar brings, and to thy song,
Behind the dying emperor's glories.
His old tin soldiers tramp along.
Henry DE We're Stackpole in The Liv-
ing Age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFron the Atchison Globe.1

from the Atchison Globe.1
A new idea is generally new
hobby.
Men sometimes lose their temper
on purpose.
People say a whole lot, but don't
say half they think.
As a rule, the man who says he
never had a chance, isn't looking for
one.
A liar who tells such large ones no
one will believe him, doesn't do much
harm.
1t seems natural for the owner of a
fountain pen to feel rather superior
about it.
Ever know of anyone who made
money as an agent during his spare
moments?
The man who bets on a sure thing
likes to tell about how willing he is to
take q chance. -
When you ask advice you are gem
orally told to do exactly what you
don't want to do.
Chances are even that the shoe you
are attempting to put on isn't intend
ed for you.
There are men who aren't built for
the kind of garters they wear, al
though they hate to admit it.
What leads some women to the be-
lief that they shouldn't dress up I'M
less they are going to leave home?
Going on dress parade is a girls no.
ton of the best thing in exercise when
she arrives at the princess age.
This red tape. about which there is
more or less kicking. isn't so bad to
the man who finds it ties him to a
soft Job.
Some people prepare for work as
leisurely as a dog prepares to lie
down. And it is generally on the boss
time.
A man who is trying to run awav
naturally believes that everyone is
after him, which ought to make him
speed up some.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13

After due elaboration over the
irultiesS effort of the KawS to hand
the Sunday game to the tail-enders,
We reach the verdict that the Kaws
should have offered a bonus or bunch
OF trading stamps.
The popular Kansas definition of
the word "reformer'' seems to be:
to his ideas. If he has to kill all the
Inhabitants thereof to do it,
The Kansas City preacher-bigamist
sion that his third wife was easy, but
as they carted him to Jail after the
expose. he carried different impress
sion; 1t was the impression of bed
Stat on his noble brow.
Speaking of fads; ten or dozen
years ago. about million women were
riding bicycles; today bicycles are
both better and cheaper, yet the sight
or grown woman riding bike at
tracts more attention than a gray mule
harnessed to rubber-tired buggy.
The woman who can give a party
without offending some of her ac-
with having tact. She stands con-
victed without trial.
While June was busily engaged in
AAoSloA1I16 Tie neat ISCOTQ, SOLAS
Cleveland strikers were breaking a
strike record. They actually missed
some of the innocent bystanders and
shot a few policemen.
OH JOYi
Vacation trips in order now:
And some there are who gladly
take 'em.
But others work. and wonder how
To take a rest that will not
break 'em.
So rosters of the latter class
Remain at home and cut the grass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
QUAKER NfEDTTATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Tho June bride is In our midst.
The pink Of propriety-A maiden's
blush.
Last years straw hat fingers in the
lap Of adversely.
The fellow who always has an edge
on is naturally a bore
Paying 20 compliments won't always
settle an old score.
No man is SO fat that he likes to
find himself In reduced circumstances.
Vice is like a buzz-saw. It won't
hurt you if you don't monkey with it
After q man starts on the down
ward path he finds it very easy to get
along.
For every man with a tendency tc
run through q fortune there are hun
dred1 peacemakers..
Somehow or other the people VINO
are satisfied to take things as they
ind them never find anything.
Muggins-''My wife has taken off
over 20 pounds in six months Bag-
gins-'I suppose she is delighted at the
idea of getting thin" Muggins-"Wetl.
she was till she made the horrible dis
covery that her clothes ne longer fit
her"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13

Many men are like the burrowing
animals. They're generally in hole.
=
Compared with the number of per-
sons born great there's an uncount-
able multitude born small.
Most women think they are justi-
fled in denying their past to the extent
of few years at least.
-
It's easy enough to tell the other
fellow that he's wrong, but pointing
out to him just how he's wrong is a
different proposition.
If all the men who go fishing would
bring home just one fish on each trip
it would not be long before the finny
tribe was extinct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
KANSAS COMAENT
LETTERING BUSINESS.

A very simple way of making business
better in every community is for every
body to pay their bills promptly, at
least their small home bills. A. good
many people wait to pay their bills
Just as long as they can without hurt
ing their credit, and the offenders are
IN many cases those who can easily
pay promptly if they did not hate to
let go. Where one man holds out
on his creditor the monthly bill due
on the LIST and does not pay until the
9TH or the 18th, he forces the creditor
to lay down on the next man, and so
1t goes. If the bill due on the list is
paid at once by every one, general re-
suits VIII not be changed, but it will
stop lot of worrying, persistent col
lecting, continuous standing off, all of
which embarrasses business and does
a little injury to the finances of the
entire community.
Try 1t and see how it goes. Pay
your little bills promptly and don't
squeeze the tail feathers on the Amer
lean eagle so hard Pay with a pleas
lector your troubles. If you and your
neighbors will all do this you will not
be out cent, the general financial
condition of the entire bunch will be
more of the confidence and cheerful
ness that are needed to make good
business.-Hutchinson News.
FEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES. ETC.
The Kansas Industrfalist has been
getting Hail Columbia the past week.
1t is all right for the old soldiers to
go after it. for they never make any
mistakes, but the newspaper men are
taking undue advantage of their OPP
portunity. Every one of them has fall
len into Just such a hole some time
along the road and been roasted to
peat the band in consequence. There
is no newspaper where there is any
brain work at all, but that occasionally
a half baked idea gets in and makes
trouble. Or more often the wrong ex-
preston Is given to an idea that is
all right. There is lots of stuff that
goes into newspaper that only has
ABOUT nfteen minutes consid eration,
but once printed, it will be assumed
that it is the settled conviction of a
lifetime. The wonder is that so few
breaks are made and that editors are
as consistent as they are.-Manhattan
Mercury.
SKINNY ON YOUR OWN SIDE.
American women may learn a sal
utary lesson by the treatment some of
them have received at the hands of the
royal house of Great Britain and exer-
else less of that serv1;ity for royal
ravors than has been their custom
The snubbing some of them have re-
ceived ought to arouse sufficient spirit
OF independence to cause them here
after to refrain from seeking recogni-
ton or social favor at the hands of a
class who have nothing worthy to be-
stow and whose favors can in no sense
either augment or decrease the real
social standing of the recipients
Clay Center Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
HUAOR or THE Day

Sunday School Teacher-And what does
the petition, Forgive US our trespasses,"
mean? Small Pupil-It means we're sorry
we walked on the railroad track.-Cleve-
land Leader.
Rather rough treatment that" de-
clared the travelling salesman. What did
he do?" Got me to give his clerk long
talk on craftsmanship. and then refused to
give me any kind of an order."-Kansas
City Journal
When there is a COW, pa milks 1t, NAV
takes care Of the milk, and daughter hav-
ing named the COW Luella, Irene, gets
pay for her share OF the labor by eating
the decentralization Globe.
Marriage" said the serious man, lis
an education, in itself" Yes" comment
to do after you've done it."-Boston
Transcript.
Then you were disappointed in your
first glimpse of Spain?'' 81 admit was
somewhat surprised. I thought everybody
carried a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Courier
Journal.
How is it, ma'am, you pay the other
nursegirl $40 month more than you do
me?'' why, Annie" replied her mis-
you have merely to look after the chill
dren!'-Judge.
Should Live Up to Specifications
when we were engaged, you said was
an angel, and now you refuse me a new
dress" well, my dear, do angels wear
dresses?"-Pele Mele.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
Nothing New Under the Sun.

A speaker at a recent meeting of
the West Side Civic club gave the fol-
lowing illustration of the fact that
there is nothing new in the second
choice idea in elections:
During the war with Persia, in
which took place the battle of Mara
thon, it was the custom If the ancient
Greeks to have a different man in
charge of their army each day. He
was chosen by the various generals
from among their number, by the Sec
ond choice method.
THE day before the battle of Mara
thon, when the election was held to
determine who should be +he leader
in the impending struggle each of the
generals voted for himself, as first
choice and for Miltiades as second
choice. Mi1tiades was thus easily the
successful candidate, and the result is
Observation-Disclosures Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13

1t is a noticeable fact that in the
platform which William Allen White
proposes for adoption at the next Re-
publican national convention nothing
is said about pIedging the party to the
recall of iudnes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
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 mt the FHte OF
ten cents Q week or thirty cents
month (by mail onIyl. Address
changed as often as desired. While
ont OF town the State journal Will be
TO Won like daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping exDenaeS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13

Ex-senator w. a. Clark of Mon
tana has just had a $4,000 organ
placed in his $40, O0O,0 900 home in New
York City. But the chances are he
will be unable to play a tune on it I'M
less one can be ground out with a.
crank attachment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13

Miss Anne Newell, on relinquishing
her position as teacher in the Bos-
ton public schools, where she had
taught for forty-nine years, delivered
an address to her sister teachers in
which she advised them to flirt lit
tie bit. Apparently Miss Anne wasn't
very successful in the practice of her
preaching in this particular else she
would have been bearing q title of Mrs.