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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
Hen Has Monks Face.

Mor1tz Adler has a country home and
farm near Deal. N. J. He also has a
Plymouth Rock chicken. He gave her
place In the back yard of the home.
with dry goods box for coop.
Though perfectly normal in every
other way, Rose-that's her name-has
the shrewd face Of a monkey. She
drinks soup from a spoon held in the
| hand OF her nurse. Having no beak,
she does not peck at meat scraps, af-
ter the manner OF fowl, but picks them
up daintily with her strawberry hued
! lips.
| The facial expression of Rose is
piquant. She has a rather set express
sion at the corners Of her mouth, in
dicating firmness of character. Her
nose is well defined. Rising from her
rather broad forehead is a pompadour
of feathers in the style that young
girls affected with their hair a year
ago, when Rose was smooth white
egg instead Of remarkable chicken.
The general contour of her face is
somewhat like that of Susie, the funny
little orang- outrang from Borneo who
delights children at the Bronx zoo.
derfully when she sees cracked corn or
oatmeal muEh.
"She was born year ago. said Ad-
Ter. ST know her mother well. She
was fine old fussy Plymouth Rock
hen, who stuck steadily to the business
OF scratching gravel and producing
eggs. She wasn't cutie as progressive
as some OF the more fashy brown leg
horn and Indian game young ladies of
the barnyard. She didn't take kindly
to new-fangled ideas like women's
rights. Nothing made her so mad as
to see some other hen strutting around
and clucking about wanting a vote.
An italian organ grinder passed the
farm one day with q funny little South
American monkey. He gave old Mrs.
Plymouth Rock quite a fright. The old
lady disappeared, and three weeks af-
forward ! found her nest under the
haymow. Twelve little yellow chicks
had just Matched out. The remaining
egg was cracked and something inside
was peeping sadly. All the other
chicks had pecked their way out with
their bills, but this one was trying to
get out and couldn't.
st broke the shell, and then saw why
it didn't have any beak And that's
the way Rose came into the world. Be-
cause she was q freak the head farm
er's wife took an interest in her and
educated her, till now she is lady all
through. She talks all the time-her
mouth is never still-and that's what
makes me think she was marked pre-
nata1ly by the suffragettes Of the barn
yard. But there's no way to tell
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
McKfnIey,s Heir.

President Taft's Monday night refer
ence to William Mckinley is self justi-
flying. In temper and purpose he IL
William McKinley's political heir. Will
liam McKinley's immediate successor
in the presidency asked the legislative
department of the government to CO.
operate with him in carrying on the
Mckinley policies, and the legislative
department refused its cooperation
Congress would not touch the Dinghy
schedules; the senators stood guard
over the tomb of the smothered McKin-
ley reciprocity treaties and President
Roosevelt, turning away, busted him.
self with policies of his own. william
Howard Taft inherited the Roosevelt
policies, and they could not have had
a more faithful, yigilant custodian.
Now he has taken up William McKin-
Iey's tragically interrupted plans for
the country's welfare, and is er1deav-
oring to carry them forward to accom-
plishment in the Mckinley spirit
Hartford Courant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
HYnAWKER JOTS

Leave it to the ingenious boys. Since
the snow has gone, relates a school
note in the Bison Bee. the boys are
using mud as substitute for snow
balls.
Charley Blakesley calls attention to
''F'ull-blooded cow for sale, giving milk,
three tons of hay, a lot OF chickens ard
several stoves"
The Alma Signal remarks that the
expert, Mr.. Sneibenthaler, who erected
the new press for the Harveyville
Monitor was careful not to hit 1t with
his name.-Salina Union.
I'm not in favor of the women vot-
ing" said old 81 Chestnut. IF the old
lady voted the same way as I did then
there Is no need OF both Of us going TO
the polls, and If she didn't vote as did,
then there would be a row in the fam
lily, and we have enough of that kind of
excitement as 1t ."-Sedgwick Panta-
graph.
A Kansas exchange tells this COW
story: A butcher was driving cow TO
his slaughter house when a stranger
stopped him and said: What are you
going to do with that cow" ST am 60
ing to kill her." said the butcher. The
stranger looked the COW over carefully.
"Oh, I don't believe I'd do that, If you
feed her up carefully she may uve.''
Harry Kern was Dragging on his
even dozen hens and they produced q
eggs In two days. Doesn't that break
the record::'' he asked Hoop Parry
then told about his hens.' He has 40
OF the finest hens money could buy.
and he has carefully fed and tended
them since last August. And how
many eggs do you suppose they have
laid in seven rnonths?" he asked. Well,
how many? mot a id egg!" said
Hoop. vote that Hoop Parry's hens
are entitled to the record. Howard
Courant.
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QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

from. the Philadelphia Record.l
Would you say that church music
was an Anchored taste?
"A family tree doesn't always bear
the fruits of a mans industry.
The great trouble with our running
expenses is that they are such
sprinters.
The man who is forced to swallow
his pride would like to have it pre-
digested.
The people who are disappointed in
life are those who only want the things
they can't get
Mrs. Dashaway-George, you should
deny yourself something during Lent.
Mr.. Dashaway-Wel ell, at first I said 7
would, and then I denied myself.
"Afther all, there's nothin' thot
beats a good woife,'' said Muliigan.
''Axeept a good hoosband," replied
Harrigan. who had just finished an ar
gument with his.
Blobbs-Betting on the races is a
bad habit. Why don't you break your
self of it? Slobbs-Weil. have come
within few dollars OF breaking my
self several times.
Nell-ChoIlie Saphedde was in a
brown study the other day and Of
fered him a penny for hi thoughts.
Belle-You spendthrift, you never did
know the value of money
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Kisses at Bargain Rates.

Several noted persons have been IN
vited to attend the Austrian peasants
ball, arranged by the Austrian sing
ing societies. at the Grand Central
palace. Among them are Baron Hen
gelmuller, the ambassador from Aus
Pereked, DIR. Manolowitz, the Austrian
consul. and heads Of city departments.
Miss Johanna Binder and George T.
Hinann, members of the Austrian coll
ony here. are to be married as a part
of the evenings program, and the Gus
tomary mock marriages and divorces,
costing 10 cents each, will take place.
There are to be historical pageants,
with floats. TyroIean costumes. and the
usual regalia.
Another feature of the evening will
be that without mourning any risk be-
yond the payment Of a Decent fine one
may kiss any girl in the room.-New
York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
SAD CASE OF MIR. DAWSON.

Attorney General John Dawson finds
himself in peculiar position Early IN
the session Of the legislature Mr. Dawson
, prepared a bill to do away with all the
fees connected with his office This was
on the theory that these fees had been
the source Of some serious charges and
scandal in connection with the office
of attorney general. The bill provided
for an increase of salary for the at
torney general and his assistants. to
compensate for the loss of the fees
There was no serious objection to the
measure which was introduced by Mr..
Orr, one of leaders on the Democratic
side, and It passed both houses.
When the bill reached Governor
Stubs for his signature it struck a
snag. The governor said that he had
discovered a joker in the measure. The
joker was that it removed the incentive
to the enforcement of the prohibitory
law by taking away the fees. He ac-
cordingly applied his veto and natural
ly It was supposed by the people who
did not know that the office would re-
turn to the old system Of personal per-
quisites. but not so. Another bill had
been passed which provided that all fees
must be turned into the state treas
ury and the governor lost no time In
signing this measure.
The attorney general therefore has
not only lost the increase in salary
provided in the SO called Orr bill but
he las lost the perquisites which his
predecessor, Mr.. Jackson. enjoyed.
Notwithstanding all this the prohib-
tory law is not in danger in Mr.. Daw-
sons hands. He has a pretty clear
idea Of his duty and the question of
fees will not deter him in the enforce
ment Of all laws. Still he has been
given a lesson in executive consistency
which he viii probably remember as
long as he lives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

deceived, ana it always shocks to feel
the deception.
Two busts have not thus been dis
honored, however The great head OF
Lincoln that stands in the rotuuda has
just been honored with a pedestal OF
MAGNIFICENT white marble, cut TO suit
the most fastidious tastes in art
The bust Of George Washington.
which stands by the west jarnb of the
door leading to the house OF repre-
senEatives, also rests on polished stone.
but it has not been thought needful to
provide the companion bust OF La
fayette. which stands at the east 1aufb
of the door. with similar substantial
support. The woodwork, however. has
been painted to make 1t look exactly
like the pedestal George Washington's
bust rests on.
Washington very much needs the
spirit and sense of Rusdn.-John Lor-
ance, in the Boston Advertiser.
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GLoRE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Giob

EFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Praise yourself only to yourself.
Most hustiers are short winded
Nearly every man thinks he Is polite
enough.
Nearly every man has enough vests
and hair brushes.
Did you ever know OF a bore who
was told that he was a bore?
A man who has a hobby thinks that
every man ought to have one.
When your feet are tired, you are
pretty apt to be tired all over.
Very few necks are so beautiful they
need to be advertised by a necklace
A comfortable shoe never looks as
proud as 1t should over such an ac-
complishment.
This country needs better spoilers a
good deal more than it needs more
amateur piano players.
It is every married mans opinion
that the hair receiver doesn't attend
to business as it should.
It may help you to be agreeable when
you remember how well the ciairvoy-
ants make 1t pay.
You may have observed that the man
who says the truth hurts no one, is apt
to lie about other things.
Men are like steamship companies In
favoring five meals day until their
stomachs hit the toboggan.
It takes a man almost as long to
properly color meerschaun pipe as it
does to improperly color his nose.
II man is very sick, you can't COM
fort him by telling how bad he looks,
but If he is just "grunting," you can.
You may datter a woman who has
never been in the far east, by telling
her she is of the Oriental type Of beau
ty.
An Atchison dentist recently filed
several teeth for a woman, and then
removed the filing because she kicked
on the price.
While a man usually considers his
mother superior in other respects, no
man brags much about the shirts that
she used to make.
It might be possible for a bride
groom to attract little attention if
he would also wear a veil and some
orange blossoms in his hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
HUAOR or THE.DAY

Long-Why did you leave the place
You formerly boarded? Short-Because
the Iandlady had too much curiosity.
Long-In what direction? Shorten,
she was continually asking me when ]
was going to pay my board biiI.-Chi
cago Daily News.
Then you think the Indian doesn't
need civilizing?" Certainly not. With
its blankets and beadwork. his tepee
looks like the regulation coy corner
now All the Indian needs is a chatting
dish."-Lo1isville Courier-Journai.
us it true your student ledger is
studying astronomy
well. I think he must be. He sleeps
all day. but at night he is always
oalt."-F1iegende Blaetter.
What you. want to do is to have
that mud hole in the road fixed,' said
the visitor.
That goes to show" replied Farmer
CorntosseI. how little you reforrners
understand local conditions. I've purity
nigh paid off the mortgage with the
money I made haulin' automobiles out
o. that mud hole.'-ChT1stian Register.
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picked up the suitcase with r.. D. on
IT, and together they made their exit
IRON the house of injustice.
You are evidently stranger here
Deane remarked when he noticed her
nelplessnes as to directions
yes. have come on from Chicago
70 study and get a little atmosphere
ior my work I don't know a single
person in this great big city, She
said It with such an air of usefulness
pathy.
And to think that they treated you
arrived
II don't feel that am being treat
60 abominably," Ruth said with lit
tie upward glance. stBut I wouldn't
Tor the world let my brother know
ABOUT this or he would came straight
TO New York and take me home"
NO We will not let him know
Deane rejoined promptly. s.Will you
let me atone IN small way and take
you for cup of tea? know a place
Gnat / am sure Will please your fancy
ana make you forget that you have
peen arrested and taken for a strange
mans sister,"
Il don't want to forget-right
away" said Ruth. shyly. ''But I
would be very grateful for cup of
tea The last thing my brother said
to me when ne put me on the train
= 40 ST. a @oP VI tea AS SUM ds J.
reached New York. Calvin knew I
wouldn't feel at home until had sip
ped some tea.,'
us Calvin Dexter your brother 90
Cecil Deane stopped short and waited
Tor her answer "He and went to
school together. You know I am from
Chicago, too.''
Ruth SMILED at the verifcation of
her first estimate of him. Yes, he is
my brother
aOId (soIxfv,- once <,,s5 - -. 49, i, :,
knew the only girl in the world who
could put up with me- said Deane,
laughing boyishly.
"Are you as bad as all that?" Ruth
questioned.
We'll, just had a way of wanting
girl all to myself And am
going to write and tell Calvin that /
have taken his sister under my wing IS
he finished. I'm going to teach her
New York and other thingsi"
Calvin" she said, 'will be very
Copyrighted. 1911, by Asso-
ciated Literary Press.)
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DANAE,s SONG.

Ak<A4AA&f = 90&N We
Ihou. whom the gray seas bare more
fierce than they
Q bitter lovei Have pity on his weeping.
Slnife me with pain: To- I am all thy prey.
steep thou. my son, as all the world Is
sleeping:
Sleep thou. my babe: and sleep. thou cruel
sea;
And sleep. grief. within the heart Of ms.
Bitter thy fruit. o love. thy crown is
Sweet were thy words to me. thy soft
careSSes.
Child of my heart o gain beyond all gain.
Sleep, while shelter thee with arms
and tresses!
Sleep thou. my babe: and sleep. thou cruel
sea,
And sleep. o grief. within the heart of me.
Yea. am thine, o love. I am thy spoil!
sleep thou. my son, sleep softly till the
mOrrow
Love. who has SHARED me In thy golden
Still the loud seas though thou still not
my sorrowi
Sleep thou. my babe: and sleep. thou
cruel sea;
And sleep o grief. within the heart OF me-
Frederic Manning, in Forum.
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-!
fkss7::IsS|

By vetoing the regents consolidatioz
bill, His Excellency has made another
appointive commission. This depart
ment had begun to fear that In the
keene of Bourbon. but this makes u
all right
Intervention means war; says
Senior Lirnantour, "in so many words"
as the able A. p correspondent puts IL
some one should take the Senior OUT
back of the woodshed and whisper to-
MIN Just what war means in so many
words. Then he would have an ex-
naustivs definition Of intervention"
There has been some talk of giving
Senator Clad Hamilton a clean bill Of
healtn," in the matter OF the Topeka
paving claim failure. But Clad Ham
litOn doesn't need a clean bill of health.
he mas never been without one. What
ne really needed, during the past two
months was a strong-arm body guard
TO swat the cheap butters-in.
Recurring 20 a recent district court
decision, our idea of nothing much
to have is a $4,000 judgment against
a man who is out OF the United States.
We had intended to chop off on this
Limerick stuff. Ed Woodruff doesn't
like it, and has requested that it be
abolished; but they keep sending 'em,
in, and We have to print 'em in self de-
tense. Now this one. for instance,--a-
tear-starting story of a Swedish LADY.
We couldn't be expected to overlook
anything like this:
There was young lady from Sweden
Whose face she was always a-feeden:
The unfortunate dub
Had a shape like a tub.
From eating more than she was needen.
F. r.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.

The door of adversely is never
locked.
No man becomes a. jal:bird just for
a lark.
It is the doing. not the saying. that
makes the hero.
It is not necessarily true that the
worst is yet to come.
The man who lives twice as fast as
he should is apt to see double
It is a good policy to look ahead If
you are headed in the wrong dfrec-
ton.
A woman never considers man a
bore as long as he talks to her about
herself.
It's all right to get out your little
hammer-when you have occasion to
drive nails.
A girl never has to coax young
man not to spend SO much money on
her after they are married
In after years lit may be consola-
ton to a woman to believe her hus-
band loves her because he used to tell
her SO before they were married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
The value OF Hobbies.

DR.. James IL. Remission, a leading
alienist and member Of the staff of
physicians at the state hospital for the
insane in MiddletoWn, Conn, advises
everybody to have a hobby, even IL it
L. no more serious a diversion than
collecting cigarette pictures.
To have a hobby. he says, Is one OF
the hest things a person can do to keep
fhe mind in good condition and ready
for work or recreation
Mental fatigue is to be avoided, and
IT is DIR. Kenisfon's opinion that some
part of each day should be spent in
rerfect qeisure from all intellectual toll
The college professor who gives an
hour or two each day to chicken rails
ing can do better work in his classes
than the professor who does not have
a hobby to take his mind from his
work for a time each day.-New York
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nor do many of the day dreams
come true.
IN the search for happiness most hui
mans pass it by.
It's not unusual for the wife to have
the master hand.
y
Most folk would be disappointed II
trouble did not come their way.
y
Platonic friendships, Just like any
other kind between eligibles, more
often end in matrimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.1
A man might get rich by trying not
to.
Too much money inspires a passion
for more.
You can even get used to being a
good example.
Swindle man out of hundreds and
he despises you: out of thousands and
he admires YOU
The first time man does anything
wrong he blames himself; after that
he knows the world is at fault.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
Shams at the CaDitoI.

Putting marble busts of the great men
of the land on wooden pedestals in the
capitol. where there is SO much pre-
tense to marble and other valuable
stones, is one of the sins of the place,
and a shame on those who perpetrate
it and are ever willing to squander
money ruthlessIy. But it seems to be
thought good enough to furnish these
handsome busts with just wooden Pc
destals painted to look like marble or
onyx and painted with great success
that way. But the touch cannot be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

The city primary is only a few days
distant and though the registration is
the largest in the history of the city
there is no excitement. The people are
evidently getting ready to swat some
one but who is it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

Russia is evidently a strong believer
IN the theory that everything is fair
in love and war. She is preparing to
strike a blow at China when the peo-
pie of that country are in the terrible
4hroes of famine and plague
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

Or. Wheeler, president of the Amer
lean Dental Hygiene council says that
the reason Americans have such bad
teeth is because they don't exercise
them enough. This may also explain
the fact that as general thing
women have better teeth than do the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

1.-THE supreme executive power of the
state shall be vested in a governor,
who shall see that the laws are faith
fully executed" says the constitution
of the state of Kansas. But Governor
Stubs says the inheritance tax law
need not be enforced against small es-
tates 30 far as he Is. CONCERNED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

Kansas has a habit of holding all
kinds of wonderful records, some Of
which are laughed at by the world at
large. But can any other state point
to the fact that from Is of its coun-
ties there IS not a single person in the
states nrison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

Colonel Roosevelt says that all the
United States demands of Mexico is
order. justice and independence. And
Justice and independence are what the
Mexican rebels have said they are
fighting for The Mclean government
Is also lighting for order. SO there
seems to be general agreement in a
way on these propositions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

Now that the City commissioners
have explained how the contract with
George Badders to collect the city paw
ing claim has been made. and as George
didn't get the money anyhow, the in
cident ought TO be considered closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

OF the ass.OOO.0e0 passengers car
ried by the Pennsylvania railroad in
1910 not ne was killed This strong.
" emphasizes the fact that other big
railroad systems in the country did
not do so wen. 1t does seem, however,
that what one railroad can do, others
can do if the proper effort is made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

The peach buds are not all killed,
wheat never looked better in Kansas
and that ought to be enough to make
the average Kansan welcome spring
with a joyful heart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

This is st. Patrick's Day and the
rIne has been reached when all denom-
nations are claiming the distinguished
claim that he deserves the credit for
driving the snakes out of Ireland but
even Dave Leahy now admits that he
aia not,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

me State Journal b 3 member Of the
Associated Press and resolves the fun day
telegraph report Of that great news or
SRnIzafion for the exclusive afe1ruoo0
Bublication In Topeka
The news Is received in The State JeuF~
nGl building ovex wires for this sole puf-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

The record registration figures in To-
peka rather make the federal and state
census figures on the population Of the
town look foolish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

Some of Governor Stubbs' veto mes
sages have a peculiar sound. He evil
IDENTIFY needs the services Of a lawyer
to write his reasons"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17

Kansas produced more winter wheat
last year than any other state in the
Union and the indications are that
Kansas will produce even more wheat
than that this year.